January 7, 2025

This piece emerged from an extended dialogue with the Minister for Police (WA) regarding the new firearms regulations released just before Christmas. I revised my original opinion article to incorporate the Minister’s direct responses, as they address many of the key concerns raised during the reform process. This article appears in The Farm Weekly 9/1/25. Trevor: Some would claim the Western Australian Government’s attempt to reform the State’s 1973 Firearms Act has been nothing short of a political