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Labor and the Greens are vowing they'll try to toughen the Tasmanian government's proposed firearms law changes when the bill is debated in state parliament this week. But in the last sitting week until late October, there's also some opposition to tightening gun laws while the government is spruiking changes to the way real estate sales are recorded.

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00:01It's a red tape massacre.
00:04Throwing out the paper forms, the Tasmanian Government's phasing in a fully electronic title system.
00:11Property and conveyancing transactions can now be conducted far more efficiently and securely.
00:16The rollout across Australia basically starts with the more common dealings,
00:20so mortgages, transfers, discharges, which would see about 80 to 85 per cent of our standard transactions.
00:27Red tape cut as a red letter week in Parliament begins.
00:33With contentious gun reforms up for debate.
00:36We need to deliver public safety outcomes, that's the number one thing.
00:41Felix Ellis and Premier Rockliffe seem to be more worried about the gun lobby and One Nation on their right
00:47flank than doing the right thing.
00:49A bill tabled by the Government would increase intelligence sharing, prepare for a buyback scheme,
00:54reclassify straight pull and lever action shotguns and make Australian citizenship a requirement for getting a licence.
01:03Those last two changes would not apply to current owners.
01:07That grandfathering is also set to be contested by the opposition and Greens,
01:12who are also moving amendments to impose ownership caps.
01:16They are based on public health advice and on advice from the family violence sector.
01:21The right number of firearms for a criminal or someone seeking to do harm is zero.
01:26And that's where we need to focus our attention.
01:29Meanwhile some in the chamber have already flagged they'll oppose any toughening of firearms laws.
01:35Debate on this bill had previously been pushed back a week.
01:39And with several amendments being planned to already complex legislation, there are calls for even more time.
01:46I'm going to be moving to suggest to the House that we go have a committee into this.
01:53So it's about listening to stakeholders.
01:55Nine months after Bondi, the debate is only just getting started.
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