Annex 7 - Presentation by Australia.pdf - ASEAN Regional Forum

AUSTRALIA’S BORDER PROTECTION COMMANDInteragency and Civil – Military CooperationCMDR Andrew Burnett RANCommand Legal Officer, Border Protection Command

What are we?BPC is an Australian Governmentmultiagency operational authoritystaffed by:Military• Australian Defence Force (JTF 639)Civilian• Australian Customs and Border ProtectionService• Australian Fisheries Management Authority• Australian Quarantine Inspection Service• Augmentees from other Agencies whenrequired

MissionIn concert with other governmentagencies and stakeholders, BPCprotects Australia’s nationalinterests by maintaining good orderat sea in Australia’s MaritimeDomain.

Other GovernmentAgencies• Interact with many Government agencies• Predominantly:– Australian Fisheries Management Agency– Department of Immigration and Comminities– Bio-security– Australian Federal Police– Commonwealth Director of PublicProsecutions

What we are not• BPC does not :– Provide Port/airspace security response– Coordinate Search and rescue– Control Airspace– Deal with State-based or military threats– Process passengers and cargo• BPC is not a regulatory authority and has noresponsibility for– Maritime security/safety regulation– Aviation security regulation

StructureMinister For Home AffairsThe Hon Jason Clare MPMinister for DefenceThe Hon Stephen Smith MPCEOCustoms and Border Protection ServiceMr Michael CarmodyChief of the Defence ForceGEN David HurleyDCEOMaritime, Corporate and IntelligenceMr Mike PezzulloChief of Joint OperationsLTGEN Ash PowerCommander BPC/CJTF639RADM David JohnstonGovernance andCommand SupportOperationalPlanningDeputy Commander BPCMs Kaylene ZakharoffOperations:Australian Maritime SecurityOperations Centre (AMSOC)Border Protection CommandIntelligence Centre (BPC IC)Deputy Commander JTF639AIRCDRE Ken WatsonHQ Joint Task Force 639DarwinStrategy, Engagement&CounterterrorismAssigned Customs AssetsAssigned Defence AssetsOperational Effect – One Command

Year Lead Agency Events1968 - 1975 None (SIDC)1975 - 1985Departmentof Transport1985 - 1988 AustralianFederal Police1988 - 2010 CustomsOur history has shapedwho we are1968: 12 nautical mile (nm) fishing zone declared1973: Standing Inter-Departmental Committee (SIDC) est.1974: MOU with Indonesia – Ashmore Island.1975: RAN – Operation Trochus using Grumman Trackers.1977: First wave of Vietnamese “boat people”.1978: Government announces intent to declare EEZ.1979: Australia declares 200 nm Australian Fishing Zone.RAN and Customs patrol boats deployed to North and West.1985: Coastal Protection Unit and Coastal Aerial Surveillance Unit,which becomes Coastwatch.1988: ‘The Northern Approaches Report’ - basis for future civilsurveillance activity.1994: Australia declares 200 nm Exclusive Economic Zone1999: ‘Coastal Surveillance Task Force Review’ – one outcome is thehead of Coastwatch to be a seconded senior Defence officer.2004: ‘The Tonkin Report’ - Australian Maritime Identification System(AMIS), new maritime security governance arrangements2005: Coastwatch becomes Joint Offshore Protection Command(JOPC).‘Review of Fisheries and Maritime Enforcement’ – expansion ofJOPC responsibilities to include control and coordination of alloperational response to maritime security threats.2006: JOPC re-named Border Protection Command (BPC)

Maritime SecurityProgramsMaritime TerrorismIrregular MaritimeArrivalsPiracy, Robbery orViolence at Sea•High Vast distances•sea states•No infrastructureMarine PollutionProhibited Imports andExportsCompromise to BiosecurityIllegal Activity inProtected AreasIllegal Exploitation ofNatural Resources

Awareness Assets

ResponseAssetsCUSTOMS Bay ClassNAVY Armidale ClassACV Ocean ProtectorACV Ashmore GuardianACV Triton

Lines ofAWARENESSOperationPREVENTIONRESPONSE