Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

which is my point. And, from a position of strength, we are giving our agencies the support and resources they need to do the job at this very important time.

An additional $150 million is going into our border agency specifically to deal with counter-terrorism activities. That $150 million is giving them the tools they need to do this job. The counter-terrorism unit has been in operation now for some time. Those 80 officers are in place, and being put in place, across the network. Already they have been involved directly in 40 offloads of passengers, and that includes groups of passengers, as a result of their activities since those operations began. We are also in the process of introducing outward advance passenger processing so that we can be ahead of the game when it comes to ensuring that we are providing the protection necessary; the expansion of the airline liaison officer network, which puts more people across the network outside of Australia to ensure we have a better heads up on those who are coming to Australia; and, of course, the expansion of biometrics.

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