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Does it cost anything to register each firearm?
They are talking of introducing registration here,in spite of the fact it is well proven not to work elsewhere.
However I suspect it will simply be another way of making it more expensive and restrictive to own firearms.
The 'ol, "if we can't ban them outright we will just make it more and more difficult and expensive to own them." approach.
Has there been any reduction in gun crime in Aussie since the new restrictions and "buybacks"?

Greg:
Where I live, it costs ten bucks for the 'Permit to Purchase', and only 5 bucks for the registration.

Other southern states are probably more expensive.

Antique licences and rego are both free in the Northern Territory.

Regarding the reduction in gun crime in Aussie since the new restrictions, there was a well-circulated report by those with a 'vested interest' to say that the buy-backs were very successful at reducing fire-arm deaths in Australia, but a recent scientific paper has identified the flaws and deliberate deception in that report. I don't have the details to hand, but will post the references when I am back home.

In NSW you need a permit for every firearm you purchase and it's $40.