The federal government has committed $160 million towards implementing the register in an effort to bolster community and police safety.
More than $160 million has been set aside to fund a national firearms register that will increase information sharing about guns across states and territories. The funding, in part of the upcoming May federal budget, will be spread across four years and used to establish the register and support reforms to firearm management systems.
The push was reinvigorated by the 2022 Wieambilla police shootings when police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow and neighbour Alan Dare were shot and killed at a rural property. The register will help reduce the risks of gun violence by providing police with near real-time information on firearms and owners and linking data with other law enforcement and government authorities.
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