House debates Questions without Notice
Australian Federal Police
Michael Keenan Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection
2:27 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister that in her East Timor solution speech to the Lowy Institute before the last election, she praised the Australian Federal Police for working with our neighbours to prevent 'foreign nationals coming to our shores illegally'. Given that 35,000 foreign nationals have arrived illegally since that statement, why has her government reduced the presence of AFP officers in Indonesia by 40 per cent?
Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
2:28 pm
I thank the member for his question. With the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, the government is working on some new measures in this area and when we are in a position to announce their details we will.