House debates

Monday, 18 June 2007

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008

Consideration in Detail

6:59 pm

Photo of Arch BevisArch Bevis (Brisbane, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Homeland Security) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Attorney. I will not press the point. I understand what he is saying. I might avail myself of his invitation. A related and not quite so sensitive issue within the A-G’s broad portfolio is Federal Police numbers. Debate has arisen today—or it has been heightened today, I should say; it has not arisen just today—about the adequacy of our Federal Police numbers. I would appreciate the Attorney’s assessment of the adequacy of our existing Federal Police numbers and what measures he thinks may be needed to improve the availability of AFP personnel to do what is an increasing list of jobs that we as a parliament and as a community expect of them.

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