WA Firearms Health Assessments Rejected by GPs: Labelled – “A Cautionary Tale for Other States”
The centrepiece reform of the WA Government’s 2024 firearms legislation, the Firearm Authority Health Assessment ...
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Permit delays threaten South Australian firearms industry
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) has raised serious concerns about excessive delays in ...
Academic’s conflation of legal firearm ownership with gun crime is not so Bright.
An academic has drawn the ire of law-abiding firearm owners recently in an attempt to ...
Confusion and Concern Over NT Firearms “Self-Check” Requirement.
Licensed shooters in the Top End are confused over an order issued by the NT ...
Tasmania Police’s Mental Health Proposals Slammed by Experts
Tasmania’s draft firearms licence application, which includes a range of invasive, irrelevant, and counterproductive questions ...
Clive Pugh Elected as SIFA Chair
At the recent SIFA General Meeting held on 14 February 2025, Clive Pugh, Managing Director ...
SIFA’s Regulator Performance Survey Launches March 3rd.
On March 3rd we will be launching the third annual regulator performance survey to industry. ...
Preventable Tragedies and Knee-jerk Gun Laws
On the first of February, findings from an internal West Australian Police investigation into the ...
MEDIA RELEASE: SIFA SLAMS GUN CONTROL AUSTRALIA’S REPORT.
Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) CEO James Walsh has called out the latest report ...
A Positive Result for Interstate Hunters Visiting Tasmania.
SIFA is pleased to share the news that the Tasmanian Government has rectified an issue ...
SIFA Calls for Urgent Action on Interstate Hunter Licensing Exemption in Tasmania
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) has written to Tasmanian Minister for Police, Felix ...
2024 SIFA End of Year Wrap
As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on the milestones and achievements ...
SIFA Pushes Back on Tasmania’s Proposed Antique Firearms Laws
The ongoing issue of Antique Firearm Law Reform in Tasmania is slowly coming to a ...
SIFA Raises Concerns Over Draft Tasmanian Firearms Licence Application Form
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) has raised concerns about the proposed Tasmanian Firearms ...
Pollies and the Press Blast Off in Annual Shooting Competition.
Federal Politicians pitted their shooting skills against the Press in Queanbeyan, NSW in a round ...
Leaders of the Australian Shooting Industry
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) was established in 2014 and serves as the ...
SIFA Welcomes Keith Drain as Manager, Communications and Policy.
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia welcomes Keith Drain to the team as Manager, Communications ...
SIFA confirms no changes to powder storage limits in NSW regulation remake
Since July 2021, SIFA has been engaged with SafeWork NSW on remaking the NSW Explosive ...
Tasmania commits to overhaul of antique firearms laws.
In January this year, the Tasmanian police commissioner cancelled the long-standing exemption no.4, that allowed ...
Northern Territory’s restriction on interstate license holders lifted.
In January this year, the Firearms Policy and Recording Unit (FPRU) of NT Police advised ...
SIFA Insight 2024 Regulator Performance Survey highlights major issues facing the Australian shooting industry.
SIFA’s annual regulator performance survey has highlighted that the Australian shooting industry is still being ...
NSW Politicians Take Aim at Inaugural ‘Try Shooting’ Event
On the 10th of May, the Sydney International Shooting Centre was abuzz with excitement as ...
SIFA to poll the industry on the denial of essential business services.
Recently, SIFA has fielded a larger than usual number of complaints from businesses who have ...
Serious concerns raised over inadequate consultation on the Queensland Community Safety Bill 2024
SIFA has today raised serious concern about the grossly inadequate period that has been allocated ...
NSW Police establish firearms classification working party.
A major frustration for many in the Australian shooting industry has been witnessing NSW Police ...
SIFA to poll shooting industry on regulator performance.
Following our regulator performance survey conducted in February 2023, SIFA will again seek to quantify ...
Papalia’s war on legally owned firearms to cost taxpayers over $76 million.
Following the release of the WA Governments mid-year financial projection statement, the Shooting Industry Foundation ...
Antique firearms ban raises concerns over Tasmanian approach to policy.
In a hasty move, the Tasmanian Police Commissioner announced the immediate cancellation of Exemption No. ...
The Australian’s ‘Target on guns’ should be filed under fiction.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story! Throughout November and ...
TSA Outdoors joins SIFA as a patron member.
The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia proudly announces that effective January 1, 2024, TSA joins ...
