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Annual reports

Mandatory reporting of our activities, key achievements and finances each year
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Annual report

Each financial year, we report on our performance against the outcomes and targets set in our:

Our annual report also provides information about the AFP’s organisational structure and governance practices.

We also include additional publications as annexes to the annual report:

  • National Witness Protection Program
  • Unexplained Wealth Investigations and Proceedings
  • Delayed Notification Search Warrants
  • Account Takeover Warrants
  • Assumed Identities
  • Witness Identity Protection Certificates.

ACT Policing produces its own annual report.

2023-24

Read the AFP annual report 2023-24 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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2022–23

Read the AFP annual report 2022-23 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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AFP Annual Report 2022-2023
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2021–22

Read the AFP annual report 2021-2022 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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2020–21

Read the AFP annual report 2020–21 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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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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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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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.

DateType of DirectionAirport
01/07/2023Move on directionCanberra
15/09/2023Move on directionCanberra
19/07/2023Identity checkGold Coast
15/08/2023Move on directionGold Coast
23/08/2023Move on directionGold Coast
12/09/2023Identity checkGold Coast
15/09/2023Identity checkGold Coast
01/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
17/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
17/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
24/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
27/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
28/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
28/11/2023Identity checkGold Coast
03/12/2023Identity checkGold Coast
03/12/2023Identity checkGold Coast
24/12/2023Move on directionGold Coast
14/04/2024Move on directionGold Coast
28/06/2024Identity checkGold Coast
17/07/2023Identity checkMelbourne
06/09/2023Identity checkMelbourne
29/10/2023Identity checkMelbourne
29/10/2023Identity checkMelbourne
07/11/2023Identity checkMelbourne
07/11/2023Identity checkMelbourne
07/11/2023Identity checkMelbourne
15/11/2023Identity checkMelbourne
18/11/2023Identity checkMelbourne
19/11/2023Move on directionMelbourne
24/11/2023Move on directionMelbourne
01/12/2023Move on directionMelbourne
10/02/2024Move on directionMelbourne
03/03/2024Move on directionMelbourne
09/04/2024Identity checkMelbourne
18/06/2024Move on directionMelbourne
13/07/2023Move on directionPerth
15/07/2023Move on directionPerth
17/07/2023Move on directionPerth
10/12/2023Move on directionPerth
23/12/2023Move on directionPerth
08/05/2024Move on directionPerth
24/05/2024Move on directionPerth
21/07/2023Move on directionSydney
27/11/2023Move on directionSydney
18/12/2023Move on directionSydney
26/03/2024Move on directionSydney
27/03/2024Move on directionSydney
07/06/2024Identity checkSydney
23/06/2024Move on directionSydney

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

DateType of directionAirport
28/02/23Move on directionGold Coast
14/05/23Move on directionGold Coast
14/05/23Move on directionGold Coast
23/07/22Move on directionMelbourne
11/08/22Move on directionMelbourne
30/09/22Move on directionMelbourne
3/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
5/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
13/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
25/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
25/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
25/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
25/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
26/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
29/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
29/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
31/05/23Identity checkMelbourne
04/06/23Move on directionMelbourne
02/03/2023Move on directionSydney
29/04/2023Move on directionSydney
02/06/2023Move on directionSydney
11/06/2023Move on directionSydney

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
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