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I think you've disagreed with me. There could be reasons ASIO is unable to send information to the NSW government, and there might be no legal basis for the firearms registry to act on it.
That isn't to say ASIO do not have questions to answer, just that they might not be the whole answer.
That isn't to say ASIO do not have questions to answer, just that they might not be the whole answer.
December 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I think you've disagreed with me. There could be reasons ASIO is unable to send information to the NSW government, and there might be no legal basis for the firearms registry to act on it.
That isn't to say ASIO do not have questions to answer, just that they might not be the whole answer.
That isn't to say ASIO do not have questions to answer, just that they might not be the whole answer.
"he didn't pull a gun on us or anything". That is one heck of an expectation.
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"he didn't pull a gun on us or anything". That is one heck of an expectation.
Does the law allow NSW police to deny gun licence on such advice from ASIO? Because the law could be at fault here.
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Does the law allow NSW police to deny gun licence on such advice from ASIO? Because the law could be at fault here.
Yes, mental health needs more support in many societies. Ideally we can find ways to prevent people wanting to cause harm and death, well before that gets to a choice of tools. But knowing that we might not be completely effective in that, having extra layers of defence makes sense to me.
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yes, mental health needs more support in many societies. Ideally we can find ways to prevent people wanting to cause harm and death, well before that gets to a choice of tools. But knowing that we might not be completely effective in that, having extra layers of defence makes sense to me.
People have been lobbying for changes for some time, including changes proposed (some almost ten years) ago that would have had an impact on recent events. It's a shame that it has to take a tragedy for such proposals to be considered.
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
People have been lobbying for changes for some time, including changes proposed (some almost ten years) ago that would have had an impact on recent events. It's a shame that it has to take a tragedy for such proposals to be considered.
Hopefully they will find an increasingly less effective and more easily mitigated way to harm people. You can't eliminate all risk, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't reduce it.
Of course there should also be due focus on removing the motive (the will) as well as the tools.
Of course there should also be due focus on removing the motive (the will) as well as the tools.
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hopefully they will find an increasingly less effective and more easily mitigated way to harm people. You can't eliminate all risk, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't reduce it.
Of course there should also be due focus on removing the motive (the will) as well as the tools.
Of course there should also be due focus on removing the motive (the will) as well as the tools.
Oh yes, we do have that. Plenty of fossil fuel and mining industry money going into politics. We also had one political party soliciting money from the NRA with a promise to do something to Australian gun laws. It does seem like the gun lobby is far less powerful, but more culturally I think.
December 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Oh yes, we do have that. Plenty of fossil fuel and mining industry money going into politics. We also had one political party soliciting money from the NRA with a promise to do something to Australian gun laws. It does seem like the gun lobby is far less powerful, but more culturally I think.
I imagine the sender chooses their local carrier, and that carrier decides to go with the cheapest quote once they pass it on?
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I imagine the sender chooses their local carrier, and that carrier decides to go with the cheapest quote once they pass it on?
It feels one step away from declaring criticism of Trump as a weapon of mass destruction.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It feels one step away from declaring criticism of Trump as a weapon of mass destruction.
I think it's possible for people acting against him, making his background moot. I also think people contradicting his narrative have the incentive to create it, but I could easily be missing something.
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I think it's possible for people acting against him, making his background moot. I also think people contradicting his narrative have the incentive to create it, but I could easily be missing something.
Could not the film set and make up artist have been the creation of AI though? With the image published in the media as input?
December 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Could not the film set and make up artist have been the creation of AI though? With the image published in the media as input?
That website was created two hours after the attack. It seems almost certainly to have been created to misinform in relation to the attack.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
That website was created two hours after the attack. It seems almost certainly to have been created to misinform in relation to the attack.
It wouldn't surprise me if many of her supporters believe that their right to gun ownership outweighs what happened in Bondi, or even that such an event justifies further gun rights to protect us. Lining up nicely with the foreign second amendment. I will be interested in any survey results.
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
It wouldn't surprise me if many of her supporters believe that their right to gun ownership outweighs what happened in Bondi, or even that such an event justifies further gun rights to protect us. Lining up nicely with the foreign second amendment. I will be interested in any survey results.
One can be good with electricity and bad with customers. Some of them end up as linesmen I expect.
December 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
One can be good with electricity and bad with customers. Some of them end up as linesmen I expect.
That's something that again, some corners of politics have been pushing for some time. In particular that it shouldn't be a once off assessment, but ongoing. Additionally incorporating intelligence into licensing decisions.
December 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
That's something that again, some corners of politics have been pushing for some time. In particular that it shouldn't be a once off assessment, but ongoing. Additionally incorporating intelligence into licensing decisions.
Being a member of a shooting club has been a sufficient reason. The one reason means you can have a licence, and there are no limits to the number of firearms you can have in the class you are licensed for. This has been raised as needing reform in some corners of politics for some time.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Being a member of a shooting club has been a sufficient reason. The one reason means you can have a licence, and there are no limits to the number of firearms you can have in the class you are licensed for. This has been raised as needing reform in some corners of politics for some time.
This interview was good to see.
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This interview was good to see.
Well if that is the case, I do agree it's problematic. Perhaps ASIO and NSW police don't communicate well enough? I would have thought there would be a block list from ASIO, even if they are prevented from sharing some information.
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Well if that is the case, I do agree it's problematic. Perhaps ASIO and NSW police don't communicate well enough? I would have thought there would be a block list from ASIO, even if they are prevented from sharing some information.
The way I read it, the younger gunman had attracted the attention of ASIO, the elder was a licensed gun owner. But I might just have read it poorly, or the source I had might have written it poorly.
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The way I read it, the younger gunman had attracted the attention of ASIO, the elder was a licensed gun owner. But I might just have read it poorly, or the source I had might have written it poorly.
As an outside observer I can think of a lot of actions that I think would have been more effective, but in the situation I think I would probably have been completely ineffective.
Without any training, he did a great thing.
Without any training, he did a great thing.
December 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As an outside observer I can think of a lot of actions that I think would have been more effective, but in the situation I think I would probably have been completely ineffective.
Without any training, he did a great thing.
Without any training, he did a great thing.
Yes, my choice of words was poor in that regard. I guess the more refined way of putting it is that it is important to understand the whole process rather than just speculate about the end point. I don't think it comes from nowhere, and there are many possible motivations behind that.
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yes, my choice of words was poor in that regard. I guess the more refined way of putting it is that it is important to understand the whole process rather than just speculate about the end point. I don't think it comes from nowhere, and there are many possible motivations behind that.
There is a process that leads to this kind of radicalisation, we are only seeing the end of a long path here.
December 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There is a process that leads to this kind of radicalisation, we are only seeing the end of a long path here.
Seems like the work of a prankster, but maybe they had a point.
December 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Seems like the work of a prankster, but maybe they had a point.
It's American clean power in the same way it's "clean coal"?
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's American clean power in the same way it's "clean coal"?
It was internet filtering software parents would install on home computers.
I'm thinking about the idea both from a technical point of view (how would kids bypass it?) and also in terms of how reviews would be carried out. I suppose it could be like private building certification?
I'm thinking about the idea both from a technical point of view (how would kids bypass it?) and also in terms of how reviews would be carried out. I suppose it could be like private building certification?
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It was internet filtering software parents would install on home computers.
I'm thinking about the idea both from a technical point of view (how would kids bypass it?) and also in terms of how reviews would be carried out. I suppose it could be like private building certification?
I'm thinking about the idea both from a technical point of view (how would kids bypass it?) and also in terms of how reviews would be carried out. I suppose it could be like private building certification?