The member for Barwon Roy Butler has spoken in a recalled pre-Christmas parliamentary session on historic new NSW laws which were passed late Monday night with votes 59 to 15.

The laws were passed in the Upper House in the early hours of this morning.

 Mr Butler said these new gun laws are an 'over reach' that will have effects on farmers and others in the community and do nothing to curb gun violence.

''These rushed laws will have unintended consequences on law abiding citizens.

''We fought hard today to make some changes.

"I tried to scrap the cap on firearms, then tried to at least make sure that folks who already own their guns legally can keep them.

"I also asked to split the Bill so the protest stuff could go through while the gun laws got a proper look by a committee.

"But the Government used its numbers and bulldozed it through without a single amendment - except their own.''

The Barwon MP there had been no consultation with anybody.

He called for a parliamentary inquiry into proposed gun laws but it failed.

Mr Butler was joined by fellow regional Independent MPs Phil Donato, Helen Dalton, Dr Joe McGirr and Judy Hannan to oppose the laws.

However he says there’s no reason for urgency.

“The firearms licensing changes are complex and will take many months to implement, so whether this legislation is passed now or in 2026 after the appropriate consideration won’t affect the actual start date of the changes,” said Mr Butler.

“The firearms industry hasn’t been consulted at all, and regional voices are being ignored, which means these new laws have plenty of unintended consequences.

"These include a greater risk of exposing criminal intelligence, weakening government control of license hearings and imposing a greater burden on over-worked police.

“Perhaps worst of all – these laws do nothing to address the drivers of the Bondi terror attack, which include rising antisemitism, licensing failures, and poor intelligence sharing.

“Instead, these laws demonise law-abiding firearm owners,” he said.

Greens MLC Sue Higginsion says new protest laws are untenable.

Protest laws also under fire Greens MLC Sue Higginson said new the bill was unconstitutional and will launch a legal challenge against them.

“That concerns everyone in terms of participation in political communication.

“It is not the job of the police to make actual political decisions about when protests can, should or otherwise should not happen,” she said.

Under the Bill, police and the police minister will be able to block protests owing to concerns about social cohesion.

Ms Higginson said the Bill was a “bridge too far” and would likely fail a constitutional test.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said he had the run the legislation thoroughly through the NSW Crown Solicitor.

The Upper House of State Parliament was debating gun laws and 'The Terrorism and other Legislation Bill' on Tuesday 23 December.

The new laws were voted through in the Legislative Council 18 to 8 just after 3am this morning (Wednesday December 24).

Regional voices call for considered approach

Rural independents in Orange, Wagga and Murray also lambasted the State Government's rushed bill.

The member for Murray Helen Dalton said "This will be the state government's greyhound moment.''

She was referring to the state government greyhound ban which saw the Liberal National Government lose power.

''Regional people are being made as scapegoats for this..law abiding citizens,'' Ms Dalton said.

The member for Orange Phil Donato also slammed the gun laws calling for a pause while a committee looked at it more.

NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said multiple attempts had been made over the past week to engage with the NSW Government in the wake of the Bondi terror attack to ensure farmers and those in agriculture were not impacted by any knee-jerk reaction to the atrocity.

Member for Bathurst Paul Toole says it is a catastrophic failure by the NSW Government, saying the new laws are "poorly conceived, rushed and with no consultation.''

A petition by Sporting Shooters of Australia – NSW Ltd against the legislation has raised 100,000 signatures in just a few days.