In fact the twenty year anniversary was a much smaller event than it was spruiked to be. Quite small if the usual cavalcade of politicians (and their new found need for a gaggle of security agents like the US President), bureaucrats, media and other hangers on are excepted from the count.

Which was no surprise because very few people outside of politicians seeking photo opportunities and the tabloid media seeking video grabs of suffering people ever wanted it to turn into a politicians+TV cameras event.

The important thing is to care for the survivors and for those who lost loved ones. I will not enter into discussion as to whether that has occurred. I have my own views. Likewise I have my own views on whether most have ever been allowed any closure. They do not need to have those raw nerves continually exposed by publicity seeking grubs of politicians and media types who are human headlines.

The Port Arthur site should be maintained as a peaceful, beautiful place where quiet reflection is made possible by having none, or at least tolerably few, of the attractions for the ghoulish tourist or film crew.

Again for any crass fool who imagines s/he is furthering the interests of some grubby political party or for overseas interest/s intent on interfering in Australian domestic politics, the Port Arthur tragedy that diminished all Australians and remains a raw nerve, is definitely NOT a suitable subject.

Paul,

"....which brought in a large quantity of Chinese SKS assault rifles, one of the two types of weapon used by the Tasmanian mass murderer Martin Bryan."

I used Google and Bryant did not have an SKS, seems that claims that he did is a bit of Greens "misinformation" (to be polite).

Just for you Is Mise, I know you are in total denial

Archival West Australian Newspaper material from May 1st 1996.

One of the assault rifles used by killer Martin Bryant in the Port Arthur massacre sold for $89 in Australia in the 1980s.
China made thousands of the SKS semi-automatic weapon which were exported worldwide to earn much-needed foreign currency in the 1980s.
Former Australian gun-maker Don Jones said from Tasmania that he could recall the guns selling for $89.
"China flooded the Australian market at an exceptionally cheap rate. They created a problem of dumped ex-military weapons," Mr Jones said.
"The SKS was not such a high-powered rifle compared with other but it was popular because it was cheap."
The SKS was a 7.62mm calibre weapon that could shoot bullets at 735m a second. The gunman's other rifle, the 5.56mm Armalite AR-15, fired at 1000m a second.
Mr Jones said the cheapest guns tended to be used for crime. His former company Australian Automatic Arms made weapons costing $1000 but were bought out by the Federal Government four years ago to curb proliferation of such weapons.
Military style semi-automatic weapons were also outlawed by Canberra and the popularity of the SKS waned. But many examples are thought to be in circulation.
WA is believed to have 70,000 unlicensed weapons although how many are semi-automatics is unknown. One in five WA homes has a gun.
Importing a firearm into WA requires police clearance. State laws outlaw military lookalike weapons and semi-automatic firearms without integral magazines.
WA's laws, rated Australia's toughest, allow low-powered .22 calibre weapons and .22 semi-automatic rifles with integral magazines.
Australian Customs Service confiscated 1800 prohibited goods last financial year but it is not known how many of these were guns.
The Police Federation of Australia and New Zealand called yesterday for uniform gun laws in Australia and supported the New South Wales offer to hand over gun control to the Commonwealth.

Paul,

So you're relying on a 1996 article in a WA newspaper, try taking your own advice and use Google; I can find no reference there to Bryant having an SKS and anyone using an SKS could have been overpowered as they are slow to reload, witness the Chinese soldier who was killed by civilians in Tienamin Square when he attempted to change magazines on his SKK, which is much quicker to reload than an SKS.

So why bring Malcolm Fuller into it?
The Federal Government was the importing authority, aren't they more to blame in your book?

If the Greens, Gun Control Australia* and the ABC are not in cahoots why did they sprout identical lies about the Adler shotgun?

Ever wonder why GCA is not called 'Australian Gun Control'?

Australia's leading shooting exponent Michael Diamond is facing serious firearms charges. Diamond refused a roadside breath test and later blew 0.159. It is alleged by police, a search of Diamonds car produced a hoard of 150 shotgun cartridges. Diamond has been charged with high range drink-driving, not keeping a firearm safe and using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.

Speaking with the ABC this morning, Diamond referred all questions to Shooting Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-23/arrest-threatens-michael-diamonds-olympic-shooting-dream/7436220

Is Mise the WA article was dated May 1st 1996, 3 days after Port Arthur took place, fresh news at the time.