Christopher Back (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 21 March 2012:

Given that members of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) serving in the Solomon Islands and Sudan on capacity building missions receive the Police Overseas Service Medal, can the Minister provide an explanation as to why AFP members deployed on similar, often hazardous, missions in locations such as Afghanistan, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea are denied appropriate recognition by the awarding of the medal.