Each year as part of the ANZCTC Police Tactical Group Skills Enhancement Course , each state and territory sends several members of its PTG to participate in a concentrated three-week course with the Tactical Assault Group of the Special Air Service Regiment to strengthen standards of policing in urban counter-terrorist tactics and ensure all states are training consistently to the same codes and standards of counter-terrorism . PTG training is doctrinated , structured and set to a national standard which reduces inconsistent and fragmented training practices . These are designed to allow national interoperability of the PTGs if required . An example of such interoperability was the Port Arthur massacre in which the Victoria Police Special Operations Group deployed to Tasmania to assist the Tasmania Police Special Operations Group . PTGs undertake training with their New Zealand counterparts , the Special Tactics Group
Port Arthur massacre
Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
Police tactical group