WA minister says threshold for police intervention must be lower after Perth shooting double murder

Tributes are seen outside the house where Jenny Petelczyc and her daughter Gretl Petelczyc were shot dead in the Perth suburb of Floreat.Tributes are seen outside the house where Jenny Petelczyc and her daughter Gretl Petelczyc were shot dead in the Perth suburb of Floreat.The WA police minister, Paul Papalia, says he believes it must be easier for police to remove guns in the case of an “acrimonious” relationship break-up, as he has flagged further changes to “inadequate” laws.

Laws currently passing through WA’s upper house would have affected Bombara in at least four different ways, including limiting the number of guns he could own, Papalia said on Wednesday. Other changes to the firearms act, in development for two years, will see 1,000 gun licences removed from serious offenders, including about 100 serious family and domestic violence offenders.

The WA Greens senator Dorinda Cox said independent oversight of the investigation was needed because “police investigating police is not the best practice solution”.

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