Thread: Police association reaction to submissions

Am I missing something here? What does the Police Association have to do with the setting of fees or the sham consultation?

Originally Posted by Nickoli

Am I missing something here? What does the Police Association have to do with the setting of fees or the sham consultation?

That is the real news here - the Police Assn acting as the mouthpiece of the Govt. I wonder if there are any political ambitions lurking anywhere near Mr Cahill? (shades of Greg O'Connor maybe?)

I'd prefer an independent organisation to handle licensing, and the Police to stick to their core job, which is/should be catching criminals.

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

That is the real news here - the Police Assn acting as the mouthpiece of the Govt. I wonder if there are any political ambitions lurking anywhere near Mr Cahill? (shades of Greg O'Connor maybe?)

I'd prefer an independent organisation to handle licensing, and the Police to stick to their core job, which is/should be catching criminals.

I suspect you're right about political ambitions ( i.e. Cahill ).
Police are quoted as saying taxpayers have been subsidising the Firearms Licensing system to the tune of hundreds of million of dollars per year. Also, Cahill admits Police have done a poor job of managing Firearms Licensing. Surely that speaks of gross incompetence. If Police cannot provide first class management on "hundreds of millions of dollars per year" they should be stripped of the responsibility. There is just no logical excuse. It's past time to hand it over to an independent body. I doubt much will improve with the looming Register continuing under Police management.

Originally Posted by 30.06king

I suspect you're right about political ambitions ( i.e. Cahill ).
Police are quoted as saying taxpayers have been subsidising the Firearms Licensing system to the tune of hundreds of million of dollars per year. Also, Cahill admits Police have done a poor job of managing Firearms Licensing. Surely that speaks of gross incompetence. If Police cannot provide first class management on "hundreds of millions of dollars per year" they should be stripped of the responsibility. There is just no logical excuse. It's past time to hand it over to an independent body. I doubt much will improve with the looming Register continuing under Police management.

You're pretty much exactly right. Police have dug themselves a hole, and rather than either admitting they can't do it or actually trying to fix the issue they've gone to increase funding to purchase new and better shovels. And when that didn't fix things, they now want to get 20ton diggers at the expense of the people forced to be in their system... Complete madness.