The National Firearms Register Implementation Program (NFR) commenced nationwide on the 1st of July 2024.
This Australian Government initiative is the largest modernisation of firearms management since 1996.
Police agencies from each State and Territory, along with Federal agencies (Australian Border Force, Australian Defence Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Attorney-General’s Department) are working together to deliver this project.
Tasmania Police will be making changes to modernise our existing firearms management system. These changes will include an online portal for licenced dealers, firearms owners, and club representatives to complete simple transactions – licence applications and renewals, permits to acquire, registering sales, transfers, storage address updates and licence verification are among the process improvements planned. Capturing this information digitally will rapidly increase the availability of that data to Firearms Services for processing. This is something that firearm owners, licence holders and dealer businesses told us they wanted.
The project focus is to maintain consistent information nationwide and is not about complicating matters for dealers and license holders. The NFR will make information sharing between states and territories easier.
This webpage will be updated regularly with project information, until the project is complete, which is expected to be 2028.
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You can also find more information regarding the project from The Attorney- General’s Department here