Australian Federal Police

The **Australian Federal Police** (**AFP**) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia.

The **Australian Federal Police** (**AFP**) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia.  the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw, formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.

## Commissioners

the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw, formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.

|Rank|Name|Post-nominals|Term began|Term ended|Time in appointment|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Commissioner|Sir Colin Woods||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner (Major General)|Ronald Grey||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Peter McAulay||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Michael Palmer||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Mick Keelty||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Tony Negus||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Andrew Colvin||align="right"||align="right"|||
|Commissioner|Reece Kershaw||align="right"||align="center"|_Incumbent_||

## Other websites

- Specialist Protective Command
- Australian Federal Police Former Members Association
- Australian Federal Police Act 1979
- ACT Policing

## Infobox (law enforcement agency)

- **agencyname**: Australian Federal Police
- **abbreviation**: AFP
- **preceding1**: Commonwealth Police
- **preceding2**: Australian Capital Territory Police
- **preceding3**: Australian Protective Service
- **preceding4**: Federal Bureau of Narcotics
- **constitution1**: [https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00480 Australian Federal Police Act 1979]
- **country**: Australia
- **governingbody**: Government of Australia
- **federal**: Yes
- **police**: Yes
- **headquarters**: Edmund Barton Building, Canberra
- **employees**: 7,077 _(2022–2023)_
- **volunteers**: Small numbers for non-operations related activity.
- **budget**: A$1.73 1,000,000,000, billion _(2022–2023)_
- **electeetype**: Minister
- **minister1name**: Mark Dreyfus
- **minister1pfo**: Attorney-General of Australia
- **chief1name**: Reece Kershaw
- **chief1position**: Commissioner
- **unittype**: Function
- **officetype**: Office
- **footnotes**: The Australian Federal Police, while a federal agency, provides policing to dependent Australian (on and offshore) Commonwealth Territories.


## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Commissioner
- **body**: Australian Federal Police
- **incumbent**: Reece Kershaw
- **incumbentsince**: 2 October 2019
- **department**: [https://www.ag.gov.au The Attorney-General's Department]
- **member of**: Attorney General Portfolio Board
- **reports to**: Attorney General
- **residence**: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- **seat**: Edmund Barton Building
- **nominator**: Attorney General
- **appointer**: Governor-General of Australia, Governor-General
- **termlength**: 7 years, renewable at the At Her Majesty's pleasure, Governor-General's pleasure.
- **constituting instrument**: _[https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00155 Australian Federal Police Act 1979]_
- **precursor**: Commonwealth Police, Commissioner of the Commonwealth Police
- **inaugural**: Colin Woods
- **formation**: 1 August 1979
- **salary**: Australian dollar, A$720,480