Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, upon notice, on 4 April 2011:

With reference to the attendance of Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers at public rallies:

(1) Were any AFP officers deployed at the Deaths in Custody Watch Committee's rally at the Western Australian Parliament on Tuesday, 22 March 2011; if so: (a) why; and (b) what is the AFP's interest in the activities of the committee.

(2) Are AFP officers ever 'off-duty'; if so, in what circumstances.

(3) Can an AFP officer attend a protest rally in a personal capacity; if so, in what circumstances