Great news today - QCAT has dismissed an appeal by the police to overturn an earlier decision which ruled being a farmer is an “occupational reason” under the Weapons Act for the issue of a Cat H (handgun) licence.
This now means farmers in Queensland have a legal precedent which says they are entitled to apply for a handgun licence as part of their job.
I can also confirm Shooters Union contributed financially to the farmer’s legal costs, so we’re naturally delighted with this result.
The case citation is Queensland Police Service (Weapons Licensing Branch) v Salmon [2018] QCATA if anyone wants to do some reading 