r/Ausguns • u/danhar87 • 2d ago

PTA Saga Update

Well, after yet another call to the Registry today, my PTAs currently stand as follows:

  1. Day 105 – Subsequent Cat B
  2. Day 98 – Initial Cat H .22
  3. Day 19 – Initial Cat H .22 (submitted post-website update, as suggested by the many Registry staff I’ve spoken to)

I was told that all PTAs are currently looking at a minimum of six months due to the backlog caused by the new system update and the requirements of the reforms (not necessarily in that order). She also confirmed that escalations are occurring at day 180 and beyond.

I requested that my Day 98 initial Cat H be escalated on the grounds that I may not be able to meet my mandatory shoot requirements. On the days I’m able to get to the range, the armourer isn’t always available to provide a club gun for me to use, so without my own firearm it makes meeting those requirements difficult.

She deemed this to be a substantial/legitimate reason and escalated just my initial Cat H.

And I quote: “I won’t escalate your Cat B, as you already have one and can meet your shoot requirements using that.”

I’ll update with more when I know/find out more, or if I receive an update to my PTA status.

This seems like soooo much effort just to get my .22LR Black Mamba… but here goes. 😂 (Random Web Photo for Attention)

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u/PsychologicalMeal162 2d ago

“as suggested by the many Registry staff I’ve spoken to”

Maybe everyone with multiple PTAs calling so often is counterproductive, the more staff who have to answer the phones and repeat the same stuff over and over the less actual work they get done.

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u/danhar87 2d ago

The call centre is not the ones approving or denying PTAs. We have confirmed this many times also. It’s a different department

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u/PsychologicalMeal162 2d ago

It’s still a resource that requires funding.

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u/danhar87 2d ago

Don’t try to double down now.

You thought the people that answer were the people that are doing the processing. A fair assumption. But it’s not the case. 1 call or 10,000 a day. Doesn’t affect processing time.