"Gun laws will be significantly tightened and protests restricted for up to three months in New South Wales at the behest of the police commissioner, under an emergency set of laws introduced to the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi shooting. The bill is being debated in the lower house on Monday and is expected to pass with the support of the NSW Liberal party, and pass the upper house on Tuesday."
"The main elements of the changes relating to guns are: a limit of four guns per individual, except for professional shooters, who may own up to 10 guns; renewals of licences every two years; bans on belt magazines and an extension of the requirement to be a member of a shooting club for most licence categories in order to extend informal supervision of gun owners in NSW."
"The changes to the protest laws have already drawn strong criticisms from civil liberties groups and the Greens. The laws give the NSW police commissioner, with the concurrence of the minister, the power to ban protests for three months after a terrorist attack. It allows police to ban protests in a particular area and the whole state, and gives police new powers to remove face coverings."
Emergency laws in New South Wales will tighten gun regulations and permit temporary protest bans following the Bondi shooting. The bill is expected to pass with NSW Liberal support but faces opposition from the Nationals over rural impacts. Gun reforms include a four-gun limit per individual (ten for professional shooters), two-year licence renewals, bans on belt magazines, and extended shooting-club membership requirements for most licences. Protest measures allow the police commissioner, with ministerial concurrence, to ban protests for three months after a terrorist attack, restrict protests by area or statewide, and remove face coverings. New offences would criminalise certain phrases.
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