The Australian Federal Police provides policing in major airports .
Although the AFP was created by the amalgamation in 1979 of three Commonwealth law enforcement agencies , it traces its history from Commonwealth law enforcement agencies dating back to the federation of Australia 's six precursor British self-governing colonies in 1901.The role of the AFP is to enforce Australian federal criminal law and to protect federal-government and national interests from crime in Australia and overseas as well as provide community policing services in some territories , islands and within major airports .
Australian Federal Police