Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

As the bill has been in development, Defence has also made substantial progress to further enhance the very practical support that it provides to state and territory police through a range of engagements, including an enhanced counterterrorism liaison network, an increased and broadened program of specialist training activities and streamlined access for police to specialist defence facilities, such as rifle ranges. The bill itself will make it easier for states and territories to request ADF support where necessary to assist in the event of a violent or terrorist incident; allow the government to preauthorise the ADF to respond to threats on land, at sea and in the air; simplify, expand and clarify the ADF's powers to search, seize and control movement during a violent or terrorist incident; and enhance the ability of the ADF to respond to incidents occurring in more than one jurisdiction, which was an area of the act that needed amendment. (Time expired)