Two-time Olympic shooting gold medallist Michael Diamond has failed in his bid to get a 10-year gun licence ban overturned, ABC News has reported.
The Greek Australian had his Category A firearms licence revoked in 2018 after he was found guilty of firearms and drink-driving charges in Port Stephens, NSW in 2017.
According to ABC News, Diamond has since been challenging the gun licence ban with a review by the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Diamond told the tribunal he wished to be authorised to use and possess long arms as a member of a target shooting club.
A submission to the tribunal stated Diamond’s alleged involvement in a series of domestic incidents between 2003 and 2021 as a reason why the 50-year-old posed “a risk to public safety.”
On Monday, the tribunal did not overturn the ban and said it would be “contrary to the public interest” for Diamond to hold a firearms licence.
Source: ABC News.
