Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the AFP is already 421 police short of last year’s recruitment target, doesn’t the Prime Minister’s announcement of 422 new police take the force back to where it should have already been by July this year? Why does the minister consistently fail to meet any of the targets that he has set for himself? Is this what the minister means when he keeps telling us that security is a work in progress?