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Annual reports

Mandatory reporting of our activities, key achievements and finances each year

Annual report

Each financial year, we report on our performance against the outcomes and targets set in our:

Our annual report also provides information about the AFP’s organisational structure and governance practices.

We also include additional publications as annexes to the annual report:

  • National Witness Protection Program
  • Unexplained Wealth Investigations and Proceedings
  • Delayed Notification Search Warrants
  • Account Takeover Warrants
  • Assumed Identities
  • Witness Identity Protection Certificates.

ACT Policing produces its own annual report.

2022–23

Read the AFP annual report 2022-23 (PDF, 6MB)

2021–22

Read the AFP annual report 2021-2022 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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2020–21

Read the AFP annual report 2020–21 on the Australian Government's Transparency Portal

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All AFP annual reports since 2019 are available on the Australian Government Transparency Portal. Do a keyword search for 'Australian Federal Police'. You can find AFP annual reports before 2019 on the Australian Government web archive (Trove).

Controlled Operations Annual Report

In addition to our annual report, we also submit a Controlled Operations Annual Report in conjunction with:

  • the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
  • the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.

Controlled operations are investigations carried out within a legal framework that balances the need for operational flexibility with appropriate public accountability.

2021-22

Read the Controlled Operations Annual Report 2021-22

Download a copy of the report

2020-21

Download a copy of the report

You can find older annual reports on the Australian Government web archive (TROVE).

Police Powers at Airports Report

Under the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2019 (the Bill), police and protective service officers (PSOs) can direct individuals to:

  • prove their identity (known as an identity information direction)*
  • not catch a flight or leave the airport (known as a move-on direction).

This enables us to engage with individuals at the earliest opportunity to assess any potential threat or risk to public safety.

Under the Bill, we are required to report annually on the number of occasions we have issued an identity information direction or move-on direction.

*Statistics are based on reports where police and PSOs have issued an 'identity information direction' under section 3UP Crimes Act 1914 'Identity information at airports'. The statistics don't include occasions where the identity check occurred as part of other enquiries.

2021–22

In this financial year, 10 'Move on' and 3 'Identity check' directions were issued.

Date

Type of Direction

Airport

07/09/2021

Move on

Sydney International

23/09/2021

Move on

Melbourne

13/11/2021

Move on

Sydney Domestic

22/12/2021

Identity check

Sydney Domestic

02/01/2022

Move on

Melbourne

07/01/2022

Identity check

Sydney

21/02/2022

Move on

Sydney Domestic

17/03/2022

Move on

Gold Coast

22/03/2022

Move on

Melbourne

03/03/2022

Move on

Melbourne

17/05/2022

Move on

Melbourne

24/06/2022

Move on

Sydney Domestic

25/06/2022

Identity check

Sydney

2020–21

In this financial year, 11 'Move on' and 6 'Identity check' directions were issued. This number is reflective of the current COVID-19 environment.

Date

Type of direction

Airport

01/09/2020

Move on

Sydney

19/09/2020

Move on

Brisbane

23/09/2020

Move on

Melbourne

30/10/2020

Move on

Brisbane

01/12/2020

Identity check

Canberra

04/12/2020

Identity check

Cairns

07/12/2020

Move on

Sydney

05/01/2021

Move on

Sydney

19/01/2021

Move on

Canberra

26/01/2021

Identity check

Canberra

25/02/2021

Move on

Gold Coast

03/03/2021

Move on

Melbourne

16/03/2021

Move on

Canberra

20/03/2021

Move on

Canberra

02/04/2021

Identity check

Melbourne

14/05/2021

Identity check

Sydney

22/05/2021

Identity check

Sydney

2019–20

In this financial year, 6 'Move on' and one 'Identity check' directions were issued.

Date

Type of direction

Airport

14/05/2020

Identity check

Canberra

20/05/2020

Move on

Gold Coast

1/06/2020

Move on

Adelaide

9/06/2020

Move on

Sydney

9/06/2020

Move on

Sydney

16/06/2020

Move on

Brisbane

21/06/2020

Move on

Sydney