Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026

The majority voted in favour of a motion to keep those parts of schedule 2 unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, the voted that those parts "stand as printed".

These amendments were put after Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie (Nationals) proposed that those parts be opposed. These parts related to:

• import requirements for assisted repeating action and straight pull repeating action firearms;
• removal of open-ended permits for firearms imports; and
• merits review of adverse criminal intelligence assessments about firearms licence.

Amendment text

SHEET 3595

(1) Schedule 2, Division 1, page 62 (line 2) to page 64 (line 22), to be opposed.

SHEET 3597

(2) Schedule 2, Part 6, page 78 (line 1) to page 79 (line 21), to be opposed.

SHEET 3602

(2) Schedule 2, item 24, page 24 (lines 21 to 32), subsections 54E(3) and (4) to be opposed.

(5) Schedule 2, item 24, page 28 (lines 17 to 28), subsections 54J(4) and (5) to be opposed.