Kyle Sandilands drops NCAT appeal after gun licence refused

Radio king Kyle Sandilands’ battle to obtain a gun licence has taken a new turn following plans to take NSW Police to court.

Radio king Kyle Sandilands has abandoned plans to take NSW Police to court after the agency slapped down his application for a gun licence.

The 50-year-old, who recently revealed he and fiancee Tegan Kynaston are expecting a baby, had applied for the licence in 2020, but last September he was informed by police they would not allow him one.

Kyle Sandilands at a gun range in Los Angeles with Karl Stefanovic during a 60 Minutes interview in 2020. Picture: Channel 9

Sandilands then sought a review of that decision by launching proceedings in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

Solicitor Tom Bateman appeared on behalf of the KIIS FM star at NCAT just before Christmas and a hearing date was set down for this month.

However, a NSW Justice spokesman confirmed to Confidential this week the matter never went to a hearing.

When asked if that meant the case was finalised, the spokesman said: “Yes.”

It’s believed Sandilands’s first gun licence application, which he had spoken about on radio, was rejected by the cops for multiple reasons.

Sandilands and good mate John Ibrahim. Picture: John Grainger

When contacted, Sandilands’ representative issued a polite “no comment”, although said the radio star was still a member of his local pistol club.

Sources close to Sandilands said the reasons for refusal included worries over remarks he had made on air about guns, and also the history of some of his associates.

He counts convicted drug trafficker Simon Main and Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim as friends.

Ibrahim is subject to a firearms prohibition order, but he has never been convicted of a crime.

Sandilands has held a long-term interest in firearms and has attended pistol clubs in the US where he owns a home.

Sandilands and fiancee Tegan Kynaston at their recent baby shower. Picture: Matrix Media Group

In a 60 Minutes interview last year, Sandilands filmed part of the segment at the Los Angeles Gun Club.

“It just gets the adrenaline out, plus I am really good at it,” he said when asked what he liked about shooting. “I just imagine all of the people I hate.”

He also made controversial comments in 2016 about a ban on a rapid-fire shotgun after the Orlando nightclub shooting.

“Is it better off that all the criminals have all the weapons and the rest of us are defenceless,” he asked.