Queensland’s state government “ignored” a recommendation to introduce mandatory mental health checks for gun licence applicants from the Wieambilla coronial inquest, according to the state opposition.
The government tabled legislation on Tuesday responding to the Bondi terror attack, which deals with firearm ownership and antisemitism. The bill also responds to the Wieambilla inquest.
The state coroner, Terry Ryan, released his findings into the 2022 killings of police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and neighbour Alan Dare in November.
They were gunned down on a rural property by a trio suffering from a shared delusional disorder. Some of the firearms used in the shooting were possessed lawfully, Ryan found, despite the owner, Nathaniel Train, being mentally ill.
Ryan recom
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