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The National Firearm Theft Monitoring Program (NFTMP) has collected information on all incidents of firearm theft reported to Australian state and territory police for the years 2004-05 to 2008-09. This report represents the fifth and final report in the NFTMP series and describes the nature and characteristics of firearm theft that was reported to police in the period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009. The findings described here refer to incidents of firearm theft reported in all Australian states and territories excluding Western Australia and Northern Territory; however, information on the number and type of firearms reported stolen does include data from the Northern Territory.