An Introduction

Welcome to Firearms Reform; an official WA Police Force Podcast.

This is a limited series podcast. Hosted by Commander Lawrence Panaia APM and Claire Ciantar, this series will serve to inform current and prospective firearms license holders, landowners and the Western Australian public at large about the key changes in law and processes per The Firearms Act 2024. 

For any questions or queries related to the topics discussed on this podcast please contact our Licensing Enforcement Division at: 1800 894 474

You can find out more at: Licensing Services (Firearms)

For registration or changes in licensing please visit the portal: Firearms Portal

Transcript

Claire: 0:00

Welcome to Firearms Reform, a new official WA Police Force podcast. I'm Claire Ciantar and I'm joined by Commander Lawrence Panaia. Thanks for joining us.

Lawrence: 0:12

Thank you, Claire.

Claire: 0:12

Now tell us a little bit about your background and you're the resident expert on firearms.

Lawrence: 0:18

Well I am for now. I've been a police officer for over forty years and in the last six or seven years I've had licensing enforcement division which oversees the firearms branch and of course this reform has been going for about the last three years.

Claire: 0:32

And this podcast, this new project that we're undertaking, tell us a little bit about I guess its aim.

Lawrence: 0:39

Yeah, well, obviously with a brand new act, Firearms Act 2024, the last one was 1973, so there's a 50-year catch-up to be had and there's a lot of information that needs to get out there and I wanted to talk about a number of different topics that I thought would assist firearm licence holders.

Claire: 0:56

Fantastic. So stay tuned for this limited series podcast, an official WA Police Force podcast called Firearms Reform.