Australian Federal Police annual reports

All AFP annual reports since 2019 are available on the Australian Government Transparency Portal. Do a keyword search for 'Australian Federal Police'. You can find AFP annual reports before 2019 on the Australian Government web archive (Trove).

Controlled Operations Annual Report

In addition to our annual report, we also submit a Controlled Operations Annual Report in conjunction with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity was part of the combined report up until 2021-22. On 1 July 2023, the National Anti-Corruption Commission (the Commission) commenced operation and replaced the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.

Controlled operations are investigations carried out within a legal framework that balances the need for operational flexibility with appropriate public accountability.

2022-23

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Controlled Operations Annual Report 2022-23

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2021-22

Read the Controlled Operations Annual Report 2021-22

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Controlled Operations Annual Report 2021-22

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2020-21

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Controlled Operations Annual Report 2020-2021

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You can find older annual reports on the Australian Government web archive (TROVE).

Police Powers at Airports Report

Under the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2019 (the Bill), police and protective service officers (PSOs) can direct individuals to:

prove their identity (known as an identity information direction)*
not catch a flight or leave the airport (known as a move-on direction).

This enables us to engage with individuals at the earliest opportunity to assess any potential threat or risk to public safety.

Under the Bill, we are required to report annually on the number of occasions we have issued an identity information direction or move-on direction.

*Statistics are based on reports where police and PSOs have issued an 'identity information direction' under section 3UP Crimes Act 1914 'Identity information at airports'. The statistics don't include occasions where the identity check occurred as part of other enquiries.

In this financial year, 11 'move on directions' and 11 'identity checks' have been issued.

Date	Type of direction	Airport
28/02/23	Move on direction	Gold Coast
14/05/23	Move on direction	Gold Coast
14/05/23	Move on direction	Gold Coast
23/07/22	Move on direction	Melbourne
11/08/22	Move on direction	Melbourne
30/09/22	Move on direction	Melbourne
3/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
5/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
13/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
25/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
25/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
25/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
25/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
26/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
29/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
29/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
31/05/23	Identity check	Melbourne
04/06/23	Move on direction	Melbourne
02/03/2023	Move on direction	Sydney
29/04/2023	Move on direction	Sydney
02/06/2023	Move on direction	Sydney
11/06/2023	Move on direction	Sydney

In this financial year, 10 'Move on' and 3 'Identity check' directions were issued.

Date	Type of Direction	Airport
07/09/2021	Move on	Sydney International
23/09/2021	Move on	Melbourne
13/11/2021	Move on	Sydney Domestic
22/12/2021	Identity check	Sydney Domestic
02/01/2022	Move on	Melbourne
07/01/2022	Identity check	Sydney
21/02/2022	Move on	Sydney Domestic
17/03/2022	Move on	Gold Coast
22/03/2022	Move on	Melbourne
03/03/2022	Move on	Melbourne
17/05/2022	Move on	Melbourne
24/06/2022	Move on	Sydney Domestic
25/06/2022	Identity check	Sydney

In this financial year, 11 'Move on' and 6 'Identity check' directions were issued. This number is reflective of the current COVID-19 environment.

Date	Type of direction	Airport
01/09/2020	Move on	Sydney
19/09/2020	Move on	Brisbane
23/09/2020	Move on	Melbourne
30/10/2020	Move on	Brisbane
01/12/2020	Identity check	Canberra
04/12/2020	Identity check	Cairns
07/12/2020	Move on	Sydney
05/01/2021	Move on	Sydney
19/01/2021	Move on	Canberra
26/01/2021	Identity check	Canberra
25/02/2021	Move on	Gold Coast
03/03/2021	Move on	Melbourne
16/03/2021	Move on	Canberra
20/03/2021	Move on	Canberra
02/04/2021	Identity check	Melbourne
14/05/2021	Identity check	Sydney
22/05/2021	Identity check	Sydney

In this financial year, 6 'Move on' and one 'Identity check' directions were issued.

Date	Type of direction	Airport
14/05/2020	Identity check	Canberra
20/05/2020	Move on	Gold Coast
1/06/2020	Move on	Adelaide
9/06/2020	Move on	Sydney
9/06/2020	Move on	Sydney
16/06/2020	Move on	Brisbane
21/06/2020	Move on	Sydney

Annual reports

Annual report

2023-24

2022–23

2021–22

2020–21

Controlled Operations Annual Report

2022-23

2021-22

2020-21

Police Powers at Airports Report

2022–23

2021–22

2020–21

2019–20