Section 1: Agency Overview and Resources

Australian Federal Police

Australian Federal Police

Section 1: Agency overview and resources

1.1 Strategic 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 AFP Act.

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

•  safeguarding the nation’s economic interests from serious fraud, money laundering and other crimes

•  contributing effectively to border management and security, particularly protecting Australia from people smuggling

•  combating transnational organised crime

•  participating in international peacekeeping operations and capacity building

•  countering the threat of cybercrime

•  managing the law enforcement aspects of aviation security, and

•  protecting specific individuals, establishments and events.

The Ministerial Direction also sets out the Minister’s expectations of how the AFP will deliver on those priorities. The Ministerial Direction is operationalised through the AFP’s Strategic Plan 2012–2015 and supported by a range of business planning and formal and informal reporting actions. Together these form the AFP’s Statement of Intent.

The national security and criminal threat environment in which the AFP operates is increasingly complex, dynamic and uncertain. To respond to these challenges, the AFP will continue its strong tradition of collaboration with Australian agencies and foreign partners to fight crime and disrupt it at its source. The AFP will also continue to assist in maintaining regional security, stability and ongoing police development through its international capacity development and peacekeeping operations.

The focus of the AFP’s resource management strategy will be the flexible application of resources to activities that are likely to have the greatest impact on criminal networks and security threats, both within Australia and overseas.

The AFP will:

•  establish and commence operation of the National Anti-Gang Taskforce. The taskforce will enhance Commonwealth investigative, intelligence and technical capabilities; deliver enhanced national and international intelligence-led policing; and inform the development of prevention and disruption activities at a jurisdictional and Commonwealth level

•  support the whole-of-government United Nations Security Council effort through delivery of policing expertise, advice and capacity development

•  deliver official development assistance programs in the Pacific, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan and the Republic of South Sudan

•  maintain strong liaison and operational links with international partners to disrupt serious criminal and national security threats, and

•  contribute to the whole-of-government approach to fraud and anti-corruption.

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.

1.2 Agency 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 2013–14 as at Budget May 2013

Estimate of
prior year / Actual
amounts / + / Proposed / = / Total / available
available in / at Budget / estimate / appropriation
2013–14 / 2013–14 / 2013–14 / 2012–13
$’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
ORDINARY ANNUAL SERVICES1
Departmental appropriation
Prior year departmental
appropriation2 / 224,885 / – / 224,885 / 258,275
Departmental appropriation3 / – / 996,858 / 996,858 / 1,002,218
s 31 relevant agency receipts4 / – / 286,112 / 286,112 / 280,187
Total / 224,885 / 1,282,970 / 1,507,855 / 1,540,680
Administered expenses
Outcome 1 / – / 25,227 / 25,227 / 16,787
Total / – / 25,227 / 25,227 / 16,787
Total ordinary annual services / A / 224,885 / 1,308,197 / 1,533,082 / 1,557,467
OTHER SERVICES5
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections / 106,753 / 55,852 / 162,605 / 183,435
Total other services / B / 106,753 / 55,852 / 162,605 / 183,435
Total available annual
appropriations / 331,638 / 1,364,049 / 1,695,687 / 1,740,902
Total appropriations excluding
special accounts / 331,638 / 1,364,049 / 1,695,687 / 1,740,902
SPECIAL ACCOUNTS
Opening balance6 / 5,859 / – / 5,859 / 5,859
Appropriation receipts7 / – / 1,526 / 1,526 / 1,522
Non-appropriation receipts to
special accounts / – / 6,988 / 6,988 / 6,988
Total special accounts / C / 5,859 / 8,514 / 14,373 / 14,369
Total resourcing (A+B+C) / 337,497 / 1,372,563 / 1,710,060 / 1,755,271
Less appropriations drawn from
annual appropriations above
and credited to special accounts / – / (1,526) / (1,526) / (1,522)
Total net resourcing for agency / 337,497 / 1,371,037 / 1,708,534 / 1,753,749

All figures are GST exclusive.

1. Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2013–14.

2. Estimated adjusted balance carried forward from previous years to meet existing leave provisions and other liabilities.

3. Includes an amount of $31.347m in 2013–14 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) 2013–14.

6. Estimated opening balance for special accounts (less ‘special public money’ held in a Services for Other Entities and Trust Moneys Special Account). For further details on special accounts, see Table 3.1.2.

7. Appropriation receipts from annual appropriations for 2012–13 included above.

1.3 Budget measures

Budget measures announced since the 2012–13 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) relating to the AFP are detailed in Budget Paper No.2 and are summarised in Part1 of Table1.2. MYEFO measures not previously reported in a portfolio statement are summarised in Part2.

Table 1.2: Agency 2013–14 Budget measures

Part 1: Measures announced since the 2012–13 MYEFO

2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16 / 2016–17
Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Expense measures
Cricket World Cup—assistance1 / 1.1
Departmental expenses / – / 516 / 6,927 / 688 / 20
Total / – / 516 / 6,927 / 688 / 20
Australian Federal Police—redirection of Surge Capacity program / 1.1
Departmental expenses / – / (4,872) / (4,861) / (4,904) / (4,952)
Total / – / (4,872) / (4,861) / (4,904) / (4,952)
Attorney-General’s Portfolio savings—redirection / 1.1, 1.2,
1.3, 1.4
Departmental expenses / – / (1,436) / (1,470) / (1,446) / (1,439)
Total / – / (1,436) / (1,470) / (1,446) / (1,439)
Official development assistance—Australian Federal Police contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan / 1.2
Administered expenses / – / 108 / 110 / – / –
Departmental expenses / – / 944 / 930 / – / –
Total / – / 1,052 / 1,040 / – / –
Australian assistance with law and justice frameworks in Africa—conclusion / 1.2
Departmental expenses / – / (1,188) / (1,195) / (1,206) / (1,218)
Total / – / (1,188) / (1,195) / (1,206) / (1,218)
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands—transition / 1.2
Administered expenses / – / 10,370 / 9,722 / 8,327 / 4,935
Departmental expenses / – / 72,674 / 72,852 / 66,384 / 62,993
Total / – / 83,044 / 82,574 / 74,711 / 67,928
Australian Federal Police—contribution to United Nations Force in Cyprus / 1.2
Departmental expenses / – / – / – / – / –
Total / – / – / – / – / –
Combating people smuggling—law enforcement / 1.2, 1.3
Administered expenses / – / 856 / – / – / –
Departmental expenses / – / 2,082 / – / – / –
Total / – / 2,938 / – / – / –

Table 1.2: Agency 2013–14 Budget measures

Part 1: Measures announced since the 2012–13 MYEFO (continued)

2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16 / 2016–17
Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Addressing gang violence and organised crime—National
Anti-Gang Taskforce, Gang Intelligence Centre and Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce / 1.3, 1.4
Departmental expenses / – / 15,145 / 16,180 / 16,356 / 14,695
Total / – / 15,145 / 16,180 / 16,356 / 14,695
Law Enforcement Cooperation Program and International Deployment Group—savings / 1.3, 1.4
Departmental expenses / – / (3,384) / – / – / –
Total / – / (3,384) / – / – / –
Total expense measures
Administered / – / 11,334 / 9,832 / 8,327 / 4,935
Departmental / – / 80,481 / 89,363 / 75,872 / 70,099
Total / – / 91,815 / 99,195 / 84,199 / 75,034
Capital measures
Cricket World Cup—assistance1 / 1.1
Departmental capital / – / 35 / 786 / – / –
Total / – / 35 / 786 / – / –
Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands—transition / 1.2
Departmental capital / – / 4,424 / 2,542 / 421 / –
Total / – / 4,424 / 2,542 / 421 / –
Addressing gang violence and organised crime—National
Anti-Gang Taskforce, Gang Intelligence Centre and Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce / 1.3, 1.4
Departmental capital / – / 1,548 / 85 / – / –
Total / – / 1,548 / 85 / – / –
Combating people smuggling—law enforcement / 1.3, 1.4
Departmental capital / – / 71 / – / – / –
Total / – / 71 / – / – / –
Total capital measures
Departmental / – / 6,078 / 3,413 / 421 / –
Total / – / 6,078 / 3,413 / 421 / –

Prepared on a Government Finance Statistics (fiscal) basis.

1. The lead agency for this measure is the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. The full measure description and package details appear in Budget Paper No. 2 under the Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport portfolio.

Part 2: MYEFO measures not previously reported in a portfolio statement

2012–13 / 2013–14 / 2014–15 / 2015–16 / 2016–17
Program / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000 / $’000
Measures
Asian Football Cup—assistance1 / 1.1
Departmental expenses / – / 378 / 26,984 / 800 / –
Departmental capital / – / 21 / 16,847 / – / –
Total / – / 399 / 43,831 / 800 / –
Fire Services Levy—reduction / 1.1, 1.2,
Departmental expenses / 1.3, 1.4 / (125) / (130) / (136) / (136) / (136)
Total / (125) / (130) / (136) / (136) / (136)
Targeted savings—public service efficiencies / 1.1, 1.2,
1.3, 1.4
Departmental expenses / (4,780) / (6,585) / (6,314) / (6,125) / (5,808)
Total / (4,780) / (6,585) / (6,314) / (6,125) / (5,808)
Total measures
Departmental expenses / (4,905) / (6,337) / 20,534 / (5,461) / (5,944)
Departmental capital / – / 21 / 16,847 / – / –
Total / (4,905) / (6,316) / 37,381 / (5,461) / (5,944)

Prepared on a Government Finance Statistics (fiscal) basis.

1. The lead agency for this measure is the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport. The full measure description and package details appear in the 2012–13 MYEFO under the Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport portfolio.

Section 2: Outcomes and planned performance

2.1 Outcomes 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 AFP in achieving government outcomes. Performance measures reflect consolidation of activities at an organisational level and the conclusion of some program activities. A review of the AFP’s key performance indicators has been initiated to inform future portfolio budget reporting.

Outcome 1: Reduced criminal and security threats to Australia’s collective economic and societal interests through co-operative policing services

Outcome 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.

National Security—Policing (Program 1.1) focuses on preventing security threats to Australia through its Counter Terrorism, Aviation and Protection functions.