Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I think I know how this is going to be book-ended now. I think the Manager of Opposition Business went a little bit too early, didn't he? He often stuffs up just at the wrong moment, but there you go. I want to thank the member for La Trobe for his question because he has the greatest respect for our law enforcement officers across the country. He supports the Australian Federal Police, he supports very strongly the Australian Border Force and so does this government. This government has absolute and complete faith in our law enforcement agencies because they are independent and they are proud of the fact that they are independent. We have stood up Counter Terrorism Unit officers in our international airports because we recognise the significant threat from terrorists, both those here and those that might seek to come to our country as well. We have seen 884 people stopped by the CTU officers since 2014, and those officers attached to the Australian Border Force walk hand in glove with the Australian Federal Police at our airports around the country.

Imagine how those Federal Police officers would have felt in the last 24 hours when their integrity has been questioned by those opposite.

Mr Tim Wilson interjecting—

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