From my old understanding in NSW (not sure on elsewhere) as someone who is a full member of an astronomical society/club I'm allowed to own and use green lasers for the purpose of astronomy/pointing out items of interest to others.
Getting them into the country however is a mess of paperwork and I was silly enough to buy a low powered unit from China one time and avoid the paperwork (I wasn't actually aware of) only for it to be seized by customs. I fought them and got my green laser, they must have thought the thing cost me a fortune, it was $10.
Despite it's cheap price it is perfect for what I use it for (alignment) but I don't use it very often, I live not far from a 24 hour McDonald's and I'm always concerned some IDIOT will phone the police and complain someone is out trying to bring down Wonder Woman's invisible jet at 3AM with a green laser. I used to phone the police before I used the thing and tell them not to bother calling around and harassing me. The police themselves have actually asked me if I could take a copy of the law in for them.
I've told them that's not my responsibility.
I don't live anywhere near an airport and were I to notice a plane in the sky it's the last thing I'd be pointing at them.
The lasers became a major problem with IDIOTS around airports trying to interfere with pilots landing planes and helicopters for fun I guess, I hope it's their family members on board, hence why they were banned.
I do want a more powerful one one day but will look into the paperwork if I can find where I get it from, theoretically I should be able to get it from ASNSW (astronomy society) I think..
They need to see company details, order details, costs and everything else, I'm guessing there's an invisible tax with the things....
Green laser levels are available (Bunnings/eBay) if you find one cheap enough with a suitable laser diode.
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A regulation was also made in NSW to add laser pointers to the list of prohibited weapons.
A permit from the NSW police is required from 1 December 2008 to possess or use a laser
pointer greater than 1 mW in power. However, members of approved astronomical
societies are exempt from requiring a permit.
For an astronomical society or club to be included on the list of approved astronomical
organisations, they need to contact the Firearms Registry and ask to be included on the
list.
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More information:
https://astronomy.org.au/wp-content/...ctsheet_22.pdf
