We have included below the police video of Port Arthur events which was used as a police training tool
For the first time since the April 29, 1996 Port Arthur massacre of 35 innocent adults and children we have obtained a copy of then Liberal Prime Minister John Howard’s letter of July 2, 1996 to the families of the victims.
In the letter Howard offers condolences to 31 next of kin and to 18 of those injured, yet almost gloats how he was able to disarm Australia.
wrote to families of shooting victims
describing how we would disarm
Australia
Just eight weeks after the tragedy and having participated in numerous funerals it is hard to imagine the families of mourning victims being too worried about Australia “sliding towards and American-style gun culture,” as Howard wrote, going on to summarise the gun control measures federal and state governments would take.
It would seem for these families that closing the gate after the horse has bolted is somewhat disingenuous and certainly was not going to do anything to bring their loved ones back.
It is notable that Howard refers to “dangerous firearms.”
The tragedy led to the biggest political shakeup on gun control in the country’s history and generated a storm of controversy, outrage and debate that has continued unabated to this day.
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Now 29 years after the event many Australians are asking more questions about a proven psychological operation developed to help disarm the country than they did in its immediate aftermath.
Cairns News has published extensive files and a video we produced around six years ago examining the many flaws in the government narrative and how a mentally incapacitated Martin Bryant with an acknowledged IQ of 66 was able to plan and carry out the ever moving, complicated plot to shoot so many people when a gunsmith testified Bryant was so unfamiliar with the Colt AR15 assault rifle, claimed to be used at the Broad Arrow Cafe, he was unable to fit the magazine at the gun shop some time before the shooting.
The kill shot for the police and government narrative was when Channel 7 in 2021 was commissioned to televise a video of the police interview with Bryant, trying to take the heat out of the failing cover story which proved to be a fatal error.
Witness statements about the long haired male who was randomly firing at people in a car park said he was a right- handed shooter when the Channel 7 video of the police interview with Bryant revealed he was a left-handed shooter.
All documentation and files have been locked up from public scrutiny for a further 75 years confirming authorities have much to hide as John Howard. Pauline Hanson was briefed extensively about the Port Arthur operation more than 20 years ago by her party members but was mercilessly cut down by legacy media and Liberal politicians when she suggested the massacre was a planned, operational exercise.
The first letter in the file below is a covering letter from the Prime Minister’s Department describing the correspondence Howard has to sign and then provides a list of the victims’ names and addresses. – contributed
Port Arthur police training video
Warning: graphic content
