Chris Spyrou
speaker
12,756 appearances
107 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 3d ago
Chris Spyrou’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's Monday the 17th of August.
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As to how it works, well the New South Wales government has already capped most license holders at four guns each, ten if you're a primary producer or sporting shooter.
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From November though, anything over that can be handed in.
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Owners get up to a thousand dollars for certain firearms and from next year up to ten grand for ones of higher value.
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Nationally, we do know that, you know, this was an idea that was floated in the wake of the Bondi terrorist event, and there were a bunch of states at the time that came out to say that they were on board and not on board.
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New South Wales obviously was one of the first, and we've seen that now come to fruition.
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Queensland and the Northern Territory, they're out, they're still out.
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South Australia and Tasmania have said that they're open to the idea.
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Western Australia's run its own and wants a national approach, and so does the AC.
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Victoria initially had said no, but now with their new premier Ben Carroll, he's leaving the door open.
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His messaging over the weekend was that we'll have more to say on this.
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Um, interestingly, Chris Mins knows that this is a scheme that does not have universal support.
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He was quite firm on that idea over the weekend, saying, Well, you know, we're gonna fight for this.
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And we have heard from a bunch of different groups, the New South.
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South Wales Farmers Association, they said they're against it.
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We've also heard from the Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers Party, they say they're against it, and that you know, a simple workaround could be for a gun owner to reach out to a mate to get a gun license and then carry their firearms for him.
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So they're just pointing out that while in theory it may be a good idea, there are some particulars that have not been thought out.
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And then of course you have the Pauline Hansen element.
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of at all that, you know, they're saying this is unfairly penalising lawful gun owners.
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The federal government has confirmed it's slowing down the processing of new backpacker visas, as a new poll out today suggests a majority of voters reckon Labour's running migration in an unplanned and unmanaged way.
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