Almond farmer's gun licence revoked after threatening biosecurity officers

The tribunal concluded the Riverland almond producer was not a fit and proper person to hold a firearms licence after he warned biosecurity officers to leave his farm or face being burned alive in their car. Police visited the site a week later, found a loaded double-barrel shotgun, an air rifle and ammunition left unsecured, and confiscated the weapons. The farmer later admitted to firearms violations, resulting in a $1,000 fine imposed by the Berri Magistrates Court.

Although he had held a licence for primary production since 1996 and had no prior criminal record, the tribunal deemed the cancellation the "correct and preferable decision." His appeal to the Registrar of Firearms was rejected.