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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Australian Federal Police: Investigations

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

03-08-2004

Source

Senate

Parl No.

40

Electorate

Victoria

Interjector

 

Page

25532

Party

ALP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

2904

Questioner

Collins, Sen Jacinta

Responder

Ellison, Sen Chris

Speaker

 

Stage

Australian Federal Police: Investigations

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2004-08-03/0178


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Tuesday, 3 August 2004
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Senator Jacinta Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Customs, upon notice, on 12 May 2004:

For each of the following years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, and for the year 2004 to date:

(1) How many investigations has the Australian Federal Police (AFP) conducted into suspected leaks of information in respect of federal government departments and agencies.

(2) How many AFP staff hours were spent on investigating these suspected leaks (if precise figures are not available, please provide estimates).

(3) What was the cost of legal fees incurred by the AFP in relation to the investigation of these suspected leaks (if precise figures are not available, please provide estimates).

(4) Did the AFP incur any costs other than those described in the answers to parts (2) and (3) in relation to the investigation of these suspected leaks; if so, what was the total (if precise figures are not available, please provide estimates).


Senator Ellison (Minister for Justice and Customs) —The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

The AFP has provided the figures that answer the honourable senator's question. Where possible the data has been collated from the AFP computer systems. I am informed the AFP changed computer systems in 1999 and only selected data was migrated across to the new recording system. Therefore, the number of investigations reported against 1997 and 1998 (Question 1) is based on data that cannot now be interrogated for its accuracy. The recording of hours worked on particular investigations (Question 2) did not commence until 2000. Consequently there are no such records for the preceding years.

(1)

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 YTD

Total

16

23

8

14

13

12

16

9

111

(2) Financial Year figures (hours)

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004 YTD

Total

N/A

N/A

N/A

6,480

9,727

7,549

5,060

4,171

32,987

N/A - No information available

(3) The prosecution of these offences is the responsibility of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) and the majority of legal costs would be borne by that department. The legal costs attributed to the AFP are not recorded separately and can not be reported on in this context.

(4) The total cost incurred by the AFP, incorporating witness expenses, is $183,118. This figure does not include the dollar amounts for employee costs referred to in the answer to question 2. Similar financial data is not available for the financial years 1997/98 and 1998/99.