During his first term of office , Brown introduced a wide range of private member 's initiatives , which include freedom of information , death with dignity , lowering parliamentary salaries , gay law reform , banning the battery-hen industry and advocation for nuclear free Tasmania . His 1987 bill to ban semi-automatic guns was voted down by both Liberal and Labor members of Tasmania 's House of Assembly , nine years before the Port Arthur massacre resulted in a successful federal Liberal bid to achieve the same results
Port Arthur massacre
Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
Bob Brown