Thread: Firearms Safety Authority

So how does 5 hours equate to the stated cost for renewal if it is on a cost-recovery basis? I very much doubt that they are paying their vetting staff circa $200 an hour!

Originally Posted by No.3

So how does 5 hours equate to the stated cost for renewal if it is on a cost-recovery basis? I very much doubt that they are paying their vetting staff circa $200 an hour!

How do I know? Obviously though, there is a lot more work done on a licence than just the vettors input. There must be background checks, transport and printing and the Arms Officer's salary. You change your address and currently you don't get charged for a vettor to come and inspect your security and write up a report, etc. All the paperwork connected with that and so on. We can only guess at what the new cost of a licence will be. I'm pretty sure it won't be anywhere near what was suggested by the police. Don't hold be to that though.

Originally Posted by No.3

So how does 5 hours equate to the stated cost for renewal if it is on a cost-recovery basis? I very much doubt that they are paying their vetting staff circa $200 an hour!

Firearm license management should not operate on a cost recovery basis. I'm not just against this because I'm a LFO, but it concerns me where does it end. The government already earns a substantial amount of money from the GST (and other duties) on equipment purchases by all firearms users. From rough import figures this with current FAL charges significantly exceeds the cost of running firearms license management.

Originally Posted by vulcannz

Firearm license management should not operate on a cost recovery basis. I'm not just against this because I'm a LFO, but it concerns me where does it end. The government already earns a substantial amount of money from the GST (and other duties) on equipment purchases by all firearms users. From rough import figures this with current FAL charges significantly exceeds the cost of running firearms license management.

Not when you build an empire up from 160 people to 500 people.

Originally Posted by No.3

So how does 5 hours equate to the stated cost for renewal if it is on a cost-recovery basis? I very much doubt that they are paying their vetting staff circa $200 an hour!

There's the hourly rate then the employee's share of corporate services, (HR, Legal, finance) and lease on the building. That's how it works. $200 is still excessive

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

Originally Posted by Eat Meater

There's the hourly rate then the employee's share of corporate services, (HR, Legal, finance) and lease on the building. That's how it works. $200 is still excessive

Identify your target beyond all doubt because you never miss (right?) and I'll be missed.

There's obviously several costs and people involved, as you say. I don't know where the $200 figure arises from, apart from the suggestion that No.3 seems to think that the firearms vettor is the only person involved in a firearms application.