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• to improve coordination between agencies.
The CLEB Support Group
3 4 As noted above, CLEB’s main focus is on broader strategic issues
and the provision of general policy advice on executive government
issues to the Attorney-General. Day-to-day advice, as well as the
exercise of certain law enforcement policy functions including
firearms control and drugs policy, is the responsibility of the CLEB
Support Group.
3 5 The CLEB Support Group was headed by the full-time Executive
Member of CLEB. The CLEB Support Group comprised the Office
of Law Enforcement Policy (OLEP) and the Office of Strategic
Crime Assessments (OSCA). OLEP’s Coordination Directorate is
principally responsible for firearms and drugs policy and
coordination matters.
Resubordination of the CLEB Support Group
3 6 On 1 January 1997 the CLEB Support Group became a Division of
the Attorney-General’s Department. From then on it became
known as the Office of Law Enforcement Coordination (OLEC).
For clarity, henceforth in this report the term ‘OLEC’ is used to refer
to the same organisation whether it was the CLEB Support Group
before 1 January 1997 or OLEC as a Division of the Attorney-
General's Department after that date.
Background
3 7 Immediately following the tragic events at Port Arthur, the Attorney-
General directed OLEP, in consultation with the Attorney-General’s
Department, to draft a proposal for common minimum standards for
nationwide firearms controls.
3 8 This proposal formed the basis of the Commonwealth’s agenda for
discussion with representatives of all States at the special meeting
of the APMC. It contained detailed proposals for discussion on the
issues listed at para 0.
Australasian Police Ministers’ Council Resolutions
3 9 The APMC is one of three Ministerial Councils which make up the
Ministerial Council on the Administration of Justice (MCAJ). The
Commonwealth provides a secretariat to the MCAJ to support their
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