National Shooting Council’s former leadership at war

Bitter infighting, claims of missing money and social media attacks have fractured top gun lobby National Shooting Council.

The National Shooting Council’s former leadership is at war.

A prominent gun lobby group has fractured amid bitter infighting, claims of missing money and threats of defamation action.

The National Shooting Council’s (NSC) former leadership is at war after founder Neil Jenkins and director Sean Frazer quit the organisation in August.

That has left another director, Peter Zabrdac, in charge of the NSC.

He has launched a barrage of ferocious social media attacks directed at Mr Jenkins and Mr Frazer in recent months.

They relate to claims about allegedly missing money and an array of other bizarre claims.

This has led to Mr Frazer’s lawyers sending Mr Zabrdac a concerns notice warning him he will take legal action if they are not removed.

His letter states that Mr Frazer is a senior structural draftsman, a 31-year Australian Defence Force veteran and a competition pistol and rifle shooter.

The concerns notice says Mr Jenkins is a professional who is well-known in government, business, sports-shooting and social circles.

The turmoil has left Peter Zabrdac in charge of the National Shooting Council.

“Our clients’ impeccable reputations cross several states of the nation,” the correspondence says.

Mr Frazer told the Herald Sun the dispute started in May when Mr Zabrdac posted material about him on the NSC supporters page earlier this year.

He claimed it was deleted but put up again, before Mr Zabrdac was banned from posting from the NSC account.

“Then the world went to shit,” Mr Frazer said.

“Neil and I gave up. It wasn’t worth saving.”

The NSC’s website is not operating and Mr Jenkins has since set up a site called Politics Reloaded.

Mr Zabrdac declined to comment when contacted by the Herald Sun but his Facebook account indicates he is defiant about any threat of defamation action.

“We will soon be revealing ALL publicly and I look forward to seeing Jenkins and his goober Frazer in court where I and the others will happily be giving evidence,” he wrote in one post.

He has also alleged money is missing from the organisation.

But Mr Frazer said the money was in “banking limbo hand” because accounting software had collapsed since Mr Jenkins left.

“There is no theft. He (Mr Zabrdac) doesn’t know how to work the systems. In his mind, the money’s been stolen,” Mr Frazer said.

A Victoria Police statement said Mornington CIU detectives are investigating reports of deceptions at a business in Melbourne CBD.

“Police were told money from a business was transferred without authorisation between August 2022 and May 2023. Investigations remain ongoing,” the statement said.

The NSC angered police last year after it posted online a police officer’s photograph and named him in relation to disputed claims about gun ownership.

The force condemned the move as “harassment” and denied any improper actions by the member.