Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Australian Federal Police were withdrawn from Hobart Airport in 2014, even though the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack forewarned us of the vulnerability of attacks at second-tier airports. Moreover, your government concedes, especially after Manchester, that home-grown terrorists and soft targets are pressing concerns right now. In other words, the risk is not diminished for non-international airports. Prime Minister, now that you have increased the AFP's budget by over half a billion dollars, will you urgently remedy this alarming situation and reinstate the AFP's presence at Hobart Airport, or will your government continue to treat Tasmanians as second-class citizens?

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