WE’VE JUST HELD our first NCAT hearing to force NSW Police to hand over documents from the national roundtable of firearm registries. They will reveal what new laws our registries and policy bureaucrats are secretly planning.

To fight this, the police have hired an expensive partner from a major law firm (costing thousands of dollars per day) instead of using their internal lawyers.

This is unprecedented at such an early stage in a tribunal matter.

The tribunal has ordered full written submissions by mid-year, with the main hearing scheduled for August.

Viewers will remember we’re backed by the NSW Information and Privacy Commissioner’s report, which shows that the police’s reason for withholding documents does not stack up – so we're fighting to expose what's being cooked up for us behind closed doors.

But here's the disappointing part: both SSAA and SIFA were approached to support this critical fight. Both walked away from the fight (for no reason), letting every shooter down.

This matter affects every shooter in Australia - because we need to expose what new laws our registries have in mind.

We need your continued support for the long legal battle ahead, potentially going to the Supreme Court.

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THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT’S recent State Budget told us how much value it places on the shooting sports.

Despite iron-clad promises to build world-class shooting facilities after abandoning the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Victoria's shooters received zero funding while other sports flourished.

The numbers tell a shocking story.

Geelong BMX Club secured $200,000 for 120 members (that's $1,600 per member). Cycling received $12 million, and bike lanes got $7.4 million – for a lot of paint!

Meanwhile, the shooting sports didn’t get anything. Not even enough for a car park.

This is particularly embarrassing when Brisbane and Sydney boast international-level shooting complexes - yet Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, continues to lack basic shooting infrastructure.

With a $108 billion budget, allocating just 0.1% to support the shooting sports would turn this around. Importantly, it would allow the state to attract major international events, with proven economic benefits.

This means the government doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has an expenditure problem.

This has been exacerbated by a state government cabinet dominated by the socialist left-wing of the Labor Party which wants to crush the shooting sports.

TAKE ACTION: Let Victoria’s State Premier, Jacinta Allan, know that this isn’t good enough.

Email her at jacinta.allan@parliament.vic.gov.au and demand that we have proper shooting infrastructure for Victoria.

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IN THIS EPISODE, we sit down with Danny Ryan, President of Sporting Clays Victoria, to discuss why politicians remain dangerously uninformed about firearms and the shooting community.

This always leads to uninformed policy and bad laws – such as those that came out of the Bondi tragedy.

We look at the appalling knowledge gap among politicians who make decisions affecting our sport. From professional politicians who never set foot on a range and have "overinflated views of their own knowledge" to bureaucrats, our current relationship with the government can only be described as hostile.

Danny and Neil discuss the urgent need for shooting organisations to unite, the challenges of cutting through anti-gun misinformation from groups like Gun Safety Alliance, and why every shooter must personally contact their MP.

THE RECENT STATE BUDGET also comes in for a serve, with the government failing to provide any support for shooters.

It stole millions from shooters over the 2026 Commonwealth Games shooting facilities fiasco, which is why we’re going to be providing a dedicated episode on that this coming week.

That's because Victoria is now in the grip of a socialist left-wing Labor government that makes no apology for its outrageous raid on support for the shooting sports.

PLUS, we’ve got an important update on our NCAT legal action coming up this week. To donate, simply to go:

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VICTORIA HAS FALLEN well behind the rest of Australia, lacking even a single shooting facility capable of hosting international-level events.

With the Victorian state budget imminent and the November state election looming, now is the time for our major parties to see and capitalise on the political and economic opportunities this presents.

WE SPEAK WITH Danny Ryan, President of Sporting Clays Victoria, for a hard-hitting discussion about what's at stake for the state's 250,000 licensed shooters.

After the embarrassing cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the Victorian government broke its promise to deliver legacy shooting infrastructure—leaving clubs struggling with outdated, volunteer-run facilities, while Brisbane prepares world-class venues for the 2032 Olympics.

Danny reveals the shocking disparity in government funding, the economic case for investment (with shooting worth billions to Victoria's economy), and how the pending firearms review by Ken Lay could require infrastructure that doesn't exist.

With potential changes to firearm laws requiring compulsory training and range attendance, the infrastructure crisis becomes even more urgent.

The message is clear: Contact your local MP now. Take 20 minutes—visit their office, make the call.

This is your sport, your future.

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WE INTERVIEW BASTIAN GREEN from Australian Sporting Agencies, who discusses the devastating impact of new federal importation laws on Australia's firearms industry.

Without consulting industry stakeholders, the federal government implemented sweeping restrictions following the Bondi incident, effectively throttling the supply chain and threatening the viability of the industry underpinning what we do.

Green reveals how importers face revenue losses as orders of suddenly non-compliant firearms become stranded overseas and unfulfillable contracts.

Shooters will see price increases of up to $500 per firearm due to bureaucratic double-handling and permit delays of 6-8 weeks.

Dealers are caught in limbo — and shooters are bound to feel the full impact of regulatory chaos.

We also look at how the federal buyback needs to be conducted if it is to fairly compensate businesses and individuals for these forced losses—which is going to easily top at least $3 billion, while achieving …. nothing.

THERE ARE THINGS we can do to reverse this. Getting involved in elections is the best way. We'll cover this in an episode soon .

Watch the Australian Sporting Agencies video explaining the new laws at: https://youtu.be/KcO0NjKSgzw

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THE ANIMAL JUSTICE PARTY'S grubby preference deals at the 2022 Victorian state election resulted in the election of their lead candidate, Georgie Purcell, which was an outcome bound to alienate the party at this year’s election. Her election saw the creation of a parliamentary committee that recommended banning duck hunting, which only failed because of the intervention of the Premier’s office. It also saw the scrapping of plans to build major new infrastructure for the shooting sports, which was a major blow to Victorian shooters.

Purcell is now shacked up with Labor MP Josh Burns, raising questions about whether she might be looking to continue her parliamentary career on the Labor ticket at this year’s Victorian State Election.

Don't forget, Georgie also used to work for the United Workers Union - which has strong links to Labor.

Georgie has openly stated she "will not stop until duck shooting is banned," making her intentions clear.

Burns has form on firearms too. His response to firearm policy concerns in Albo’s recent change to federal gun laws (mostly at the border), turned out to be a seemingly AI-generated (or partly generated) reply that failed to satisfy us that Burns has taken the concerns of shooters seriously.

In fact, Josh is the co-chair of Parliamentary Friends of Firearm Safety, which has links to the Alannah and Madeline Foundation – and which has nothing to do with firearm safety, but rather lobbying on firearm laws.

With November's Victorian election approaching, every shooter needs to understand what's at stake and how to protect their sport.

Not only is it important to vote for the right party, but you need to direct your own preferences away from parties like the AJP. We’ll show you how to do that as the election approaches later this year.

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THE RECENT SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION has sent shockwaves through Australia's political landscape, and shooters need to pay attention.

We break down the stunning results – with Labor securing 34 seats while the Liberals collapsed to just 5 with One Nation mopping up 4 seats in the lower house, and 3 in the upper house.

This isn't just about South Australia. With Victoria's state election just six months away in November, the stakes have never been higher for the state's 250,000 licensed shooters – and the NSW State Election coming up in the rearview mirror just after.

The discussion reveals why Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, may be the only thing holding back anti-gun Labor MPs from further attacking what we do, and how fragile that protection is.

Meanwhile, NSW Labor's refusal to consult with any shooting organisations is bound to haunt them. They forgot the number 1 rule of gun politics – demonstrated by the NSW Labor Unsworth Government in 1988 - which is that bringing in more gun laws is a GUARANTEED VOTE LOSER.

The result – and the “sh*tstorm NSW Labor has created” - also exposes the slow but observable collapse of the National Firearms Agreement, with each state now pursuing wildly different approaches.

From Queensland's stable pro-shooting stance to Western Australia's draconian laws, the landscape has never been more divided. Labor governments across Australia don’t seem to have worked that out yet.

We also take a deeper look at the ongoing Freedom of Information campaign targeting the secretive Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group where bureaucrats craft anti-gun policies behind closed doors.

The NSW Information and Privacy Commissioner backed our arguments and recommended NSW Police make a new decision – but they gave that idea the middle finger – which is why we appealed to NCAT.

If we’re successful, we’re anticipating NSW Police will appeal to the Supreme Court - making this a high-stakes transparency battle that could lift the lid on WHAT EVERY FIREARMS REGISTRY is thinking!

The legal action is funded by shooter donations through GoFundMe and PayPal, with generous support from shooters around Australia.

Here’s the link to the GoFundMe fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/filed-at-ncat-were-fighting-nsw-police-over-gun-policy

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WE LOOK AT what the One Nation result in South Australia means for Victoria's upcoming state election. We explain how all political parties—Labor, Liberal, and One Nation—can improve their pitch for the shooter's vote.

That's over 250,000 votes there for the taking.

The surge in One Nation's vote in South Australia isn't a one-off. It's a significant indicator of what we might see in Victoria, and it shows what conservative voters think the Liberal Party has gone too soft.

One Nation secured nearly a quarter of the primary vote, mostly from the Liberals, and this funding boost will help them bankroll an even bigger campaign in Victoria.

I outline three critical areas that parties need to understand if they want to win shooter support.

They are to support hunting as an economic activity, commit to building world-class shooting infrastructure to position Victoria as a sporting centre, and CHANGE THE NARRATIVE whenever it comes public discussions over firearms policy.

These are three easy to implement changes, all of which can be justified under the state’s cost-benefits framework. None of these require the parties to touch our gun laws – but will pave the way for those discussions to be had later on.

It’s an easy election position to take that will create a massive boost for the parties in their race to win the shooters’ vote without drawing fire from our opponents.

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