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Part 2: Expense Measures (Continued)

Attorney-General's

Anti-whaling Strategy: International Legal Action

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Attorney-General's Department	-	-	-	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	-	-	-	-	-
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-

The Government will provide funding for initiating legal action in the International Court of Justice against Japan's whaling program in the Southern Ocean.

Further information can be found in the press release of 28 May 2010 issued by the Attorney-General, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs and the former Minister for Environmental Protection, Heritage and the Arts.

Provision for this funding has already been included in the forward estimates.

This measure was originally reported in the Economic Statement 2010.

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity — resource transfer

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	-	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.8
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service	-	-0.4	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8
Total	-	-	-	-	-

The Government will transfer $2.7 million over four years from the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) to the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI). This follows the Government's decision to expand the jurisdiction of ACLEI to include ACBPS. The transfer of funds will provide ACLEI with the capacity to investigate allegations of corruption relating to the law enforcement functions of ACBPS.

This measure was originally reported in the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2010.

Increasing operational activity to combat people smuggling

Expense ($m)

	2009‑10	2010‑11	2011‑12	2012‑13	2013‑14
Australian Federal Police	-	22.3	-	-	-
Related capital ($m)
Australian Federal Police	-	2.5	-	-	-

The Government will provide $24.8 million in 2010‑11 (including $2.5 million in capital funding) to improve the detection and prevention of people smuggling to Australia. The following initiatives will increase the technical and operational capability of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and regional policing partners:

• enhanced support to the Indonesian National Police (INP) through the acquisition, operation and maintenance of a patrol boat and the lease and operation of a surveillance aircraft to increase the capability of INP to detect and interdict people smuggling ventures within the 12 mile zone;
• enhanced support to Indonesia's High Technology Crime Operations centre to strengthen the INP's computer forensic and investigative capability to combat people smuggling;
• enhanced support to increase the operational capability of regional law enforcement agencies in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan to investigate and disrupt people smuggling ventures and syndicates; and
• deployment of seven additional AFP officers to Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan to provide operational support for proactive disruption of people smuggling activities.

The salary costs of the deployed officers are covered by the AFP's existing budget.

$21.1 million of this measure will be offset from the provision for expanded aid funding held in the Contingency Reserve.

This measure was originally reported in the Economic Statement 2010.

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