Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal [en] law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia.^[2]

Australian Federal Police
Abbreviation	AFP
Agency overview
Preceding agencies	Commonwealth Police Australian Capital Territory Police Australian Protective Service Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Employees	7,077 (2022–2023)[1]
Volunteers	Small numbers for non-operations related activity.
Annual budget	A$1.73 billion (2022–2023)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Australia
Operations jurisdiction	Australia
Governing body	Government of Australia
Constituting instrument	Australian Federal Police Act 1979
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Edmund Barton Building, Canberra
Minister responsible	Mark Dreyfus, Attorney-General of Australia
Agency executive	Reece Kershaw, Commissioner
Functions	11 Counter Terrorism Protection Operations Organised Crime and Cyber Crime Operations International Operations Border Investigations Technology and Innovation Specialist Operations Support Capability Australian Institute of Police Management ACT Policing
Offices	9 Adelaide Office Brisbane Office Darwin Office Hobart Office Melbourne Office Perth Office Sydney Office Cairns Office Winchester Centre, ACT
Website
www.afp.gov.au
The Australian Federal Police, while a federal agency, provides policing to dependent Australian (on and offshore) Commonwealth Territories.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal [en] law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia.^[2] As of October 2019^[update] the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw, formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.^[3][4]

Commissioners

As of October 2019^[update] the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw, formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.^[3][4]

Commissioner of Australian Federal Police
Incumbent Reece Kershaw since 2 October 2019
The Attorney-General's Department
Member of	Attorney General Portfolio Board
Reports to	Attorney General
Residence	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Seat	Edmund Barton Building
Nominator	Attorney General
Appointer	Governor-General
Term length	7 years, renewable at the Governor-General's pleasure.[5]
Constituting instrument	Australian Federal Police Act 1979
Precursor	Commissioner of the Commonwealth Police
Inaugural holder	Colin Woods
Formation	1 August 1979
Salary	A$720,480[6]

Rank	Name	Post-nominals	Term began	Term ended	Time in appointment
Commissioner of the AFP
Commissioner	Sir Colin Woods	KCVO, CBE, QPM	1 August 1979	1 January 1982	2 years, 74 days
Commissioner (Major General)	Ronald Grey	AO, DSO	1 January 1982	30 November 1988	6 years, 334 days
Commissioner	Peter McAulay	AO, QPM	30 November 1988	1 June 1994	5 years, 183 days
Commissioner	Michael Palmer	AO, APM	1 June 1994	2 April 2001	6 years, 335 days
Commissioner	Mick Keelty	AO, APM	2 April 2001	2 September 2009	8 years, 123 days
Commissioner	Tony Negus	APM	7 September 2009	30 September 2014	5 years, 23 days
Commissioner	Andrew Colvin	APM, OAM	30 September 2014	1 October 2019	5 years, 0 days
Commissioner	Reece Kershaw	APM	2 October 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 329 days

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  Former Australian Federal Police Headquarters
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  AFP vehicles in Melbourne
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  An AFP vehicle on duty at Gold Coast Airport in Queensland