Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Hansard source

When the Labor Party were in office they cut $128 million from the Australian Federal Police between 2010 and 2013. They cut $30 million and 88 staff from the Australian Crime Commission, completely gutting that agency—a specialised agency that protects us from organised crime and terrorism. They cut $27 million and 56 staff from AUSTRAC, our anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing agency. It was a shameful record of abuse of Commonwealth law enforcement when they were in office. When we arrived in office, my most important job was rebuilding from the damage rort by the Labor Party during the six years of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd government.

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