National Counter-Terrorism Committee
The National Counter-Terrorism Committee helps protect Australia by coordinating a nation-wide cooperative framework to counter terrorism and its consequences. It is made up of representatives from the Australian Government and state and territory governments.
The Committee's objectives are to contribute to the security of the Australian community through:
- maintaining the National Counter-Terrorism Plan and associated documentation
- providing expert strategic and policy advice to heads of government and other relevant ministers
- coordinating an effective nation-wide counter-terrorism capability
- maintaining effective arrangements for the sharing of relevant intelligence and information between all relevant agencies and jurisdictions, and
- providing advice in relation to the administration of the special fund to maintain and develop the nation-wide capability, administered by the Australian Government on the basis of the committee's advice.
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