Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

I will seek a definitive answer for Senator Nettle on that matter. I accept APEC is going to be a very significant event in the history of this country. My understanding is that the New South Wales Police will be responsible for ensuring law and order with respect to APEC, and we are providing specific funding to the New South Wales police to enable them to perform that task. Obviously the Australian military will have a role in the protection of the leaders of government who will be here, and we have some of the world’s most significant heads of government coming to Sydney. The military will have a role in their protection because they all are potentially vulnerable, but the New South Wales Police will be primarily responsible for law and order in the streets of Sydney with respect to the APEC meeting. I will obtain further information as available.