Australian Federal Police
Australian Federal Police
Section 1: Agency overview and resources
1.1Strategic direction statement
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is an independent statutory authority whose functions are set out in section 8 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (the AFP Act). The AFP is also guided by a Ministerial Direction, issued under section 37(2) of the AFPAct.
Under section 8 of the AFP Act, the AFP’s functions include:
•the provision of police services in relation to laws of the Commonwealth, the property of the Commonwealth (including Commonwealth places), and the safeguarding of Commonwealth interests
•the provision of police services in relation to the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory and Australia’s external territories (e.g. Christmas Island)
•protective and custodial functions as directed by the Minister
•the provision of police services and police support services to assist or cooperate with an Australian or foreign law enforcement agency, intelligence or security agency, or government regulatory agency, and
•the provision of police services and police support services in relation to establishing, developing and monitoring peace, stability and security in foreign countries.
The AFP also performs functions under the Witness Protection Act 1994 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
The Ministerial Direction issued on 1 July 2010 notes that the AFP is Australia’s international law enforcement and policing representative and the chief source of advice to the Australian Government on policing issues. It identifies a number of key strategic priorities, including:
•countering the threat of terrorism
•supporting implementation of the Commonwealth Organised Crime Strategic Framework
•safeguarding the nation’s economic interests from serious fraud, money laundering and other crimes
•contributing effectively to border management, including people smuggling
•combating transnational organised crime
•participating in international peacekeeping operations and capacity building
•countering the threat of cyber crime
•managing the law enforcement aspects of aviation security, and
•protecting specific individuals, establishments and events.
The Ministerial Direction also identifies other strategic priorities and sets out the Minister’s expectations of how the AFP will deliver on those priorities.
The AFP will continue to maximise the benefits of its 2010–11 change to a
program-based Portfolio Budget Statement, based on the recommendations made in the Federal Audit of Police Capabilities undertaken by Mr Roger BealeAO in 2009, to allocate resources flexibly in 2012–13. The focus of the AFP’s resource management strategy will be the application of resources to activities that are likely to have the greatest impact on criminal networks and security threats, both within Australia and offshore.
The AFP will:
•finalise the project planning for delivery of a modern purpose-built forensic facility that will ensure the AFP maintains appropriate forensic and technical intelligence capability inline with scientific advances, government policy initiatives, the requirements of the judicial system and crisis demands such as disaster victim identification
•complete the establishment of a new Proceeds of Crime Litigation function as part of its Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce, and
•continue to deliver Official Development Assistance programs in the Pacific,
Timor-Leste and Afghanistan.
The AFP is held to the highest standards of professional and public accountability. The AFP’s professional standards are underpinned by the AFP core values and AFP code of conduct. The AFP core values are integrity, commitment, excellence, accountability, fairness and trust. The AFP is also subject to external oversight and accountability measures, including the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement.
The national security and criminal threat environment in which the AFP operates remains complex and dynamic. A significant measure of the AFP’s success is its
ability to work collaboratively with partner agencies. As a key member of the Australian national security community, the AFP leads and contributes to many whole-of-government national security initiatives. A number of the AFP’s operational investigations are undertaken together with state and territory police.Within the region and internationally, the AFP works with other international law enforcement agencies to address the threats posed by transnational crime and to prevent criminal activity offshore before it reaches Australia.
1.2Agency resource statement
Table 1.1 shows the total resources from all sources. The table summarises how resources will be applied by outcome and by administered and departmental classification.
Table 1.1: Agency resource statement—Budget estimates for 2012–13 as at Budget May 2012
Estimate ofprior year / Actual
amounts / + / Proposed / = / Total / available
available in / at Budget / estimate / appropriation
2012–13 / 2012–13 / 2012–13 / 2011–12
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
ORDINARY ANNUAL SERVICES1
Departmental appropriation
Prior year departmental
appropriation2 / 229,248 / – / 229,248 / 201,708
Departmental appropriation3 / – / 1,014,080 / 1,014,080 / 1,056,252
s 31 relevant agency receipts4 / – / 255,847 / 255,847 / 270,811
Total / 229,248 / 1,269,927 / 1,499,175 / 1,528,771
Administered expenses
Outcome 1 / – / 21,027 / 21,027 / 46,860
Total / – / 21,027 / 21,027 / 46,860
Total ordinary annual services / A / 229,248 / 1,290,954 / 1,520,202 / 1,575,631
OTHER SERVICES5
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections / 138,480 / 11,973 / 150,453 / 228,291
Total / 138,480 / 11,973 / 150,453 / 228,291
Total other services / B / 138,480 / 11,973 / 150,453 / 228,291
Total available annual
appropriations / 367,728 / 1,302,927 / 1,670,655 / 1,803,922
Total appropriations excluding
special accounts / 367,728 / 1,302,927 / 1,670,655 / 1,803,922
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
Opening balance6 / 9,152 / – / 9,152 / 9,152
Appropriation receipts7 / – / 1,522 / 1,522 / 1,551
Non-appropriation receipts to
special accounts / – / 7,404 / 7,404 / 7,256
Total special accounts / C / 9,152 / 8,926 / 18,078 / 17,959
Total resourcing (A+B+C) / 376,880 / 1,311,853 / 1,688,733 / 1,821,881
Less appropriations drawn from
annual appropriations above
and credited to special accounts / – / (1,522) / (1,522) / (1,551)
Total net resourcing for agency / 376,880 / 1,310,331 / 1,687,211 / 1,820,330
All figures are GST exclusive.
1. Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012–13.
2. Estimated adjusted balance carried forward from previous year.
3. Includes an amount of $25.314m in 2012–13 for the departmental capital budget (see Table3.2.5 for further details). For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
4. Section 31 relevant agency receipts—estimate.
5. Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012–13.
6. Estimated opening balance for special accounts (less ‘special public money’ held in Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys accounts). For further information on special accounts, see Table 3.1.2.
7. Appropriation receipts from annual appropriations for 2012–13 included above.
1.3Budget measures
Budget measures relating to the AFP are detailed in Budget Paper No.2 and are summarised below.
Table 1.2: Agency 2012–13 Budget measures
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Revenue measures
Australian Federal Police—partial cost recovery of airport policing / 1.1
Administered revenues / – / – / 38,197 / 39,343 / 40,524
Total revenue measures / – / – / 38,197 / 39,343 / 40,524
Expense measures
Australian Federal Police—slowing recruitment of additional sworn officers / 1.1, 1.3
Departmental expenses / – / (12,458) / (5,709) / (7,769) / –
Total / – / (12,458) / (5,709) / (7,769) / –
Australian Federal Police—continued deployment to the United Nations Mission in Cyprus / 1.2
Departmental expenses / – / 902 / – / – / –
Total / – / 902 / – / – / –
Australian Federal Police—International Deployment Group—efficiencies / 1.2
Departmental expenses / – / (2,147) / (2,147) / (2,147) / (2,147)
Total / – / (2,147) / (2,147) / (2,147) / (2,147)
Official development assistance—extension of AFP commitment
to the UN Mission in Timor-Leste1 / 1.2
Departmental expenses / – / 3,419 / – / – / –
Total / – / 3,419 / – / – / –
Australia’s civilian engagement
in Afghanistan—an integrated
whole-of-government approach—continuation2 / 1.2
Administered expenses / – / 500 / 511 / – / –
Departmental expenses / – / 24,707 / 25,169 / – / –
Total / – / 25,207 / 25,680 / – / –
Official development assistance—Pacific Police Development Program—continuation3 / 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Administered expenses / – / 3,045 / 10,532 / 11,013 / 12,413
Departmental expenses / – / 18,344 / 10,963 / 11,305 / 10,802
Total / – / 21,389 / 21,495 / 22,318 / 23,215
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory—community safety and justice4 / 1.3
Departmental expenses / – / 718 / nfp / nfp / nfp
Total / – / 718 / – / – / –
Table 1.2: Agency 2012–13 Budget measures (continued)
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Expense measures (continued)
Tax compliance—maintaining the cross agency approach to preventing abuse of secrecy jurisdictions (Project Wickenby)5 / 1.3
Departmental expenses / – / – / 5,217 / 5,054 / –
Total / – / – / 5,217 / 5,054 / –
Australian Federal Police—forensic facility / 1.4
Departmental expenses / – / (85) / (85) / (42) / –
Total / – / (85) / (85) / (42) / –
Total expense measures
Administered / – / 3,545 / 11,043 / 11,013 / 12,413
Departmental / – / 33,400 / 33,408 / 6,401 / 8,655
Total / – / 36,945 / 44,451 / 17,414 / 21,068
Capital measures
Official development assistance—extension of the AFP commitment
to the UN Mission in Timor-Leste1 / 1.2
Departmental capital / – / 57 / – / – / –
Total / – / 57 / – / – / –
Australia’s civilian engagement
in Afghanistan—an integrated
whole-of-government approach—continuation2 / 1.2
Departmental capital / – / 2,522 / – / – / –
Total / – / 2,522 / – / – / –
Official development assistance—Pacific Police Development Program—continuation3 / 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Departmental capital / – / 698 / 86 / – / –
Total / – / 698 / 86 / – / –
Australian Federal Police—forensic facility6 / 1.4
Departmental capital / – / – / – / – / –
Total / – / – / – / – / –
Total capital measures
Departmental / – / 3,277 / 86 / – / –
Total / – / 3,277 / 86 / – / –
Prepared on a Government Finance Statistics (fiscal) basis.
1. This is an extension of a terminating measure funded in 2010–11.
2. The lead agency for this measure is the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper No. 2 under the Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio.
3. This is an extension of a terminating measure funded in 2008–09.
4. The lead agency for this measure is the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper No. 2 under the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio. This is an extension of a terminating measure funded in 2010–11.
5. The lead agency for this measure is the Australian Taxation Office. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper No. 2 under the Treasury portfolio. This is an extension of a terminating measure funded in 2009–10.
6. This measure will be funded from within the AFP’s existing resources.
Measures announced between 2011–12 Budget and 2012–13 Budget but not yet reported in a subsequent portfolio statement
2011–12 / 2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Expense measures
Alice Springs Airport—withdrawal of the Australian Federal Police / 1.1
Departmental expenses / (1,011) / (2,424) / (3,174) / (3,229) / (3,261)
Total / (1,011) / (2,424) / (3,174) / (3,229) / (3,261)
Aviation Security—revision of lease costs1 / 1.1
Departmental expenses / nfp / nfp / nfp / nfp / nfp
Total / – / – / – / – / –
Reducing the cost of government administration—one-off efficiency dividend / 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Departmental expenses / – / (24,545) / (22,253) / (22,180) / (22,501)
Total / – / (24,545) / (22,253) / (22,180) / (22,501)
Reduced Australian Federal Police contribution to the United Nations Mission in Cyprus—deferral / 1.2
Departmental expenses / 900 / – / – / – / –
Total / 900 / – / – / – / –
Total expense measures
Departmental / (111) / (26,969) / (25,427) / (25,409) / (25,762)
Total / (111) / (26,969) / (25,427) / (25,409) / (25,762)
Capital measures
Alice Springs Airport—withdrawal of the Australian Federal Police / 1.1
Departmental capital / (6,563) / – / – / – / –
Total / (6,563) / – / – / – / –
Departmental capital budgets—savings / 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Departmental capital / – / (14,335) / (17,461) / (16,503) / (16,649)
Total / – / (14,335) / (17,461) / (16,503) / (16,649)
Total capital measures
Departmental / (6,563) / (14,335) / (17,461) / (16,503) / (16,649)
Total / (6,563) / (14,335) / (17,461) / (16,503) / (16,649)
Prepared on a Government Finance Statistics (fiscal) basis.
1. Funding for this measure is not for publication (nfp).
Section 2: Outcomes and planned performance
2.1Outcomes and performance information
Government outcomes are the intended results, impacts or consequences of actions by the government on the Australian community. Commonwealth programs are the primary vehicle by which government agencies achieve the intended results of their outcome statements. Agencies are required to identify the programs that contribute to government outcomes over the budget and forward years.
The AFP’s outcomes are described below together with the related programs, specifying the performance indicators and targets used to assess and monitor the performance of the AFPin achieving government outcomes.
Outcome 1: Reduced criminal and security threats to Australia’s collective economic and societal interests through co-operative policing servicesOutcome 1 strategy
The AFP has four programs in Outcome 1. Three of these programs are operational: National Security—Policing; International Deployments; and Operations—Policing. The fourth program is Close Operational Support.
The three operational programs acknowledge key features of the current environment: (i) threats to Australians and Australia’s interests have an international base; (ii)organised serious crime represents, in itself, a security threat to Australian interests; and (iii) fragile states provide opportunities for terrorist and other criminal enterprises to flourish. These programs integrate prevention and disruption priorities towards crime reduction and impede criminal elements that threaten the security of Australians and Australian interests.
In 2012–13 the AFP will continue to deliver under the realigned structure recommended in the Federal Audit of Police Capabilities conducted by Mr Roger BealeAO. This structure will focus on priority areas including the prevention and disruption of serious and organised crime and Commonwealth crimes that require immediate and priority intervention, countering the threat of terrorism, protecting Australia’s national interest and enhancing the rule of law internationally.
The National Security—Policing Program focuses on preventing security threats to Australia through its counter-terrorism, aviation and protection functions.
The International Deployments Program promotes national security by providing policing support for enhanced rule of law internationally. This is facilitated through the AFP’s Official Development Assistance capacity-building in Asia and the Pacific and the AFP’s contribution to United Nations missions.
The Operations—Policing Program, incorporating the Crime Operations and Serious and Organised Crime portfolios, now incorporates the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce. This program, along with the ongoing implementation of the Organised Crime Strategic Framework, will be instrumental in enabling appropriate resourcing of operational activity, thereby ensuring sufficient flexibility to respond to emerging threats.
The fourth program, Close Operational Support, remains a single functional stream to support the three operational programs. Functions within this stream will ensure that the AFP remains wellpositioned to address advancements in criminal use of emerging technologies. High-Tech Crime Operations will investigate specific offences through its Cyber Crime and Child Protection teams and provide the organisation with technical and physical operations support across all crime types. AFP intelligence willprovide professional intelligence services to support law enforcement and national security activities and decision making.
Program 1.4 will also include the new AFP Proceeds of Crime Litigation function. Forming part of the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce, this function will support the investigative arm within Operations—Policing(Program 1.3) in attacking the financial base of crime by removing the instruments and proceeds of crime as the Commonwealth litigator.
The AFP will enhance intelligence-led and risk-based approaches, prioritise deployment of its resources around criminal and security risks and continuously reinvigorate its investigations capability. Accordingly, the critical focus of the AFP’s Outcome 1 strategy will be the application of resources and skills to tasks where they will have the greatest impact and disruptive effect on criminal networks and security threats.
Outcome 1 expense statement
Table 2.1 provides an overview of the total expenses for Outcome 1, by program.
Table 2.1: Budgeted expenses for Outcome 1
Outcome 1: Reduced criminal and security threats to Australia’s collective economic and societal interests through co-operative policing services / 2011–12Estimated / 2012–13
actual / Estimated
expenses / expenses
$’000 / $’000
Program 1.1: National Security—Policing
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 341,736 / 336,218
Special accounts / 1,613 / 1,661
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 34,086 / 29,474
Total for Program 1.1 / 377,435 / 367,353
Program 1.2: International Deployments
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) / 36,595 / 17,928
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 286,864 / 267,300
Special accounts / 978 / 1,008
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 27,711 / 24,651
Total for Program 1.2 / 352,148 / 310,887
Program 1.3: Operations—Policing
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) / 7,913 / 2,363
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 249,043 / 243,696
Special accounts / 3,438 / 3,471
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 16,684 / 11,504
Total for Program 1.3 / 277,078 / 261,034
Program 1.4: Close Operational Support
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) / 2,352 / 736
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 245,974 / 244,213
Special accounts / 1,227 / 1,264
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 25,864 / 23,579
Total for Program 1.4 / 275,417 / 269,792
Outcome 1 totals by appropriation type
Administered expenses
Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) / 46,860 / 21,027
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation1 / 1,123,617 / 1,091,427
Special accounts / 7,256 / 7,404
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year2 / 104,345 / 89,208
Total expenses for Outcome 1 / 1,282,078 / 1,209,066
2011–12 / 2012–13
Average staffing level (number) / 5,453 / 5,428
Note: Departmental appropriation splits and totals are indicative estimates and may change in the course of the budget year as government priorities change.
1. Departmental appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)’ and ‘Revenue from independent sources (s31)’.
2. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year are made up of depreciation and amortisation expenses, audit fees and resources received free of charge.
Contributions to Outcome 1
Program 1.1: National Security—PolicingProgram 1.1 objective
This program contributes to Outcome 1 through a primary focus on prevention delivered by the following functions: Counter Terrorism, Aviation and Protection.
The Counter Terrorism function will prevent, disrupt and investigate terrorist activity against Australia and Australian interests both domestically and internationally.
Aviation will prevent and respond to crime at Australia’s major airports by providing an AFP sworn police capability to perform a Counter-Terrorist First Response and community policing role. The Aviation function will continue to transition to the ‘All–In’ model (Project Macer) as outlined in the Federal Audit of Police Capabilities conducted by Mr Roger Beale AO, achieving efficiencies by consolidating Aviation’s administration and operational resources.
The Protection function will ensure that individuals and interests, identified by the Commonwealth to be at risk, are kept safe from acts of terrorism, crime and
issue-motivated violence. This will be achieved in partnership with other Commonwealth, state and territory agencies and government departments.
Program 1.1 expenses
Program 1.1 is expected to incur expenses of $367.353m in 2012–13, a reduction of $10.082m from 2011–12.This represents the net impact of the efficiency dividend, revision of lease costs at airports and the withdrawal of the AFP from Alice Springs Airport, offset by additional cost-recovered Protection activities.
2011–12 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16
Revised / 2012–13 / Forward / Forward / Forward
budget / Budget / year 1 / year 2 / year 3
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Special account expenses
Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys / 1,613 / 1,661 / 1,711 / 1,763 / 1,815
Annual departmental expenses
Ordinary annual services
(Appropriation Bill No. 1) / 271,682 / 258,942 / 267,558 / 268,001 / 273,331
Revenue from independent sources
(s31) / 70,054 / 77,276 / 78,811 / 80,783 / 82,567
Expenses not requiring appropriation in
the budget year1 / 34,086 / 29,474 / 29,305 / 26,359 / 20,749
Total program expenses / 377,435 / 367,353 / 377,385 / 376,906 / 378,462
1. Expenses not requiring appropriation in the budget year are made up of depreciation and amortisation expenses, audit fees and resources received free of charge.
Program 1.1 deliverablesCounter Terrorism
•Conduct and coordinate counter-terrorism investigations across states and territories through the inter-jurisdictional Joint Counter Terrorism Teams.
•Development of strategies to counter violent extremism and enhance the National Community Engagement Strategy.
•Enhancement of capacity and capability to identify, deter, prevent, disrupt and investigate terrorist activities, both domestically and internationally.
•Collaborative and cooperative engagement with regional partners to combat terrorism regionally and globally, including the provision of investigative, intelligence and forensic advice and ongoing multilateral engagement.
Aviation
Deliver an Airport Operational Policing capability at major airports, which provides:
•Airport Police Commanders at major airports
•an intelligence-led inflight security capability provided by certified Air Security Officers
•the continued transition from the Unified Policing Model to the ‘All-In’AFP sworn police model (Project Macer)
•the continued rollout of purpose-built accommodation at major airports (Program Jupiter)
•airport investigations teams (Joint Airport Investigation Teams)
•specialist capabilities:
–Firearms and Explosive Detection Dogs
–Currency and Drug Detection Dogs
–Certified Bomb Appraisal Officers
–incident preparedness and emergency exercising capability.
Protection
•Provision of strategic advice to key stakeholders in support of the delivery of the Commonwealth’s protective security policies.
•Operational engagement with key Commonwealth, state and territory and international stakeholders for delivery of protective security measures.
•Protection and security of individuals and critical infrastructure of Commonwealth interest including:
–designated Defence establishments, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, and the Commonwealth Parliament on a
cost-recovery basis
–official Commonwealth establishments
–diplomatic and consular missions in Australia
Program 1.1 deliverables (continued)
–specific Australian diplomatic missions overseas on a cost-recovery basis, and
–services to designated Australian high office holders within Australia and overseas, and resident and visiting foreign dignitaries.
•Protective security planning and coordination of AFP response for designated special events within Australia and overseas.
•Witness protection services in accordance with the Witness Protection
Act 1994.
Program 1.1 key performance indicators
The strength of collaborative policing and cooperation within the national security and protection sector is measured by the level of satisfaction expressed in the AFP business satisfaction survey.This includes obtaining feedback from key stakeholders and clients within the realm of the Counter Terrorism, Aviation and Protection functions.
Successful planning, preparedness, response and recovery are reflected through concentration of resources on prevention of terrorism, criminal acts, dealing with issue-motivated violence and preparing operational responses, strategic advice and support to major events.This is delivered through deterrent and prevention activities, active patrolling, and proactive response to security operations and incidents based on intelligence-led threat and risk analysis.Successful disruption and deterrence is also reflected in successful criminal case outcomes.
The Aviation capability is additionally measured through meeting benchmark response times and community confidence at airports.
The Witness Protection Act 1994 requires that the Commissioner keep the Minister informed of the performance and effectiveness of the National Witness Protection Program and, further, that in consultation with the Commissioner, the Minister must prepare and cause to be laid before each House of Parliament an annual report on those issues. The reporting of these matters is to be undertaken in a manner that does not prejudice the effectiveness or security of the National Witness Protection Program.
Program 1.1 key performance indicators (continued)