Australia, July 18 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on June 17:

1. The Applicant, Mr Assi, was first granted a firearms licence in August 2008. His application cited that his reasons for seeking such a licence were sport/target shooting and recreational hunting/vermin control.

2. His firearms licence was revoked in December 2019 and that decision was affirmed on internal review on 11 September 2020.

3. On 16 August 2022, a delegate of the Respondent, the Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Force, having formed an opinion that the Applicant, Kamal Assi was "not a fit, in the public interest to have possession of a firearm, firearm parts or ammunition", signed a Firearms Prohibition Order ...