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Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group

Attorney-General's
Reports to the Law, Crime and Community Safety Council (through the National Justice and Policing Senior Officials Group). The Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group (FWPWG) brings together firearm registry managers and policy representatives from all jurisdictions (as well as the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Institute of Criminology, the Department of Home Affairs and the Defence Export Control Office), to facilitate improved national consistency in response to firearm and weapon issues.
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