QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WATT (Queensland—Minister for the Environment and Water) (14:35): Senator Lambie, as you have mentioned in your questions, the AFP was assigned additional funding to be able to undertake this work. I'm not aware of existing officers being taken away from their ordinary duties to perform this kind of work. If that is not the case, again, I will report back in the usual way.

I'd also make the point that, in this year's federal budget, we did not only made those provisions that I've already referred to. The AFP was provided an extra $205 million in funding in 2026-27, compared to the previous year. I'm also advised that the headcount for the AFP overall increased by about 435 between June last year and June this year.

We recognise that the AFP perform really valuable services across the community, including this AUKUS role, and we want to make sure that they are well resourced. That's what we're doing through the budget. The PRESIDENT: Senator Lambie, second supplementary?