NSW cops embarrassed feds: O'Farrell

PM Julia Gillard has flagged a new national approach to deal with violence in suburban Australia.
The government has approved the extradition of accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic to Croatia.
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, Dr. Abdul Mabud, director of the scientific services division of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, holds up a bottle of snake liquor from east Asia at a laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, bottles of whiskey submitted for testing sit at a laboratory operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, in Beltsville, Md. The bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, a bottle of snake liquor is seen on a lab bench at the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, in Beltsville, Md. The bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, a cigarette is positioned in a mainstream linear 20-port smoking machine at the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The Federal Finance Minister has again rejected the idea of making changes to the GST.

PM Julia Gillard has flagged a new national approach to deal with violence in suburban Australia.
The government has approved the extradition of accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic to Croatia.
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, Dr. Abdul Mabud, director of the scientific services division of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, holds up a bottle of snake liquor from east Asia at a laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, bottles of whiskey submitted for testing sit at a laboratory operated by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, in Beltsville, Md. The bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, a bottle of snake liquor is seen on a lab bench at the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, in Beltsville, Md. The bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 photo, a cigarette is positioned in a mainstream linear 20-port smoking machine at the U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau laboratory, in Beltsville, Md. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects taxes on booze and smokes and tells the companies that produce them how to do business, is one example of the specialized government offices threatened by Washington’s current zeal for cost-cutting. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The Federal Finance Minister has again rejected the idea of making changes to the GST.

NSW cops embarrassed feds: O'Farrell

Print Page Published: 04:50:56 AM, Tue 05 February 2013

The NSW Police embarrassed their federal colleagues by intercepting 220 Glock pistols that had been smuggled into Australia, Premier Barry O'Farrell says.

Mr O'Farrell on Tuesday ramped up his attack on cuts to customs operations, saying the federal government was doing a terrible job of stopping illegal gun imports.

Gun parts and overseas documents suggest the Glock pistols seized in 2012 were successfully imported via Sydney.

"Last year the New South Wales Police certainly embarrassed the federal police with its discovery of the importation through the mail, through a sub-branch of Australia Post, authorised by the federal government, of 220 Glock pistols," Mr O'Farrell told reporters in Sydney.

He said there should be an immediate funding increase for customs to ensure more inspections were carried out, saying the federal government should focus on stopping gun smuggling.

"Frankly, they're doing a terrible job on that," Mr O'Farrell said.

"And they're only able to come here because we have a federal government that seems to look the other way with the illegal importation of guns into this country."

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