House debates

Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Questions without Notice

Australian Federal Police

3:29 pm

Photo of Bob DebusBob Debus (Macquarie, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I should say that the AFP has also cemented its reputation in Asia through the operation of the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation, known as JCLEC, which aims to improve counterterrorism capabilities in the region. Since 2005, more than 2,000 participants from 33 countries have been trained at JCLEC in intelligence, forensics and other disciplines.

This year is also the 30th anniversary of the AFP’s world-class Australian Bomb Data Centre. That bomb centre has provided early advice in the event of very significant overseas incidents, not least when it identified the explosives used in the London Underground bombing—information which informed key agencies in the United Kingdom.

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