Senate debates

Monday, 12 August 2024

Questions without Notice

Australian Federal Police

2:36 pm

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, in 2022-23, the attrition rate for the AFP was 6.3 per cent. This is extremely high for a police force. A survey by the AFP Association found that 92 per cent of officers don't have the necessary resources to cope with their workloads or the stresses of a job that sees them deal with matters like international paedophile syndicates. Training these officers in some specialist roles, like child protection, can take years and a significant taxpayer investment which is lost to us when an officer leaves the AFP. Will the government consider offering officers a pay— (Time expired)

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