‘$45 per Gun’: Senator Concerned at Cost of National Gun Register

Queensland Senator Matt Canavan said the government waste continues.

Weapons that were surrendered due to the National Firearm Amnesty are seen at the Victoria Police Forensic Services Centre in Melbourne, Australia, on Aug. 11, 2017. Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Nationals Queensland Senator Matt Canavan has raised alarm bells about the federal Labor government spending millions of dollars on a gun register.

This comes after Attorney General Mark Dreyfus confirmed that $161.3 million (US$105 million) over four years will be spent to establish the National Firearms Register.