In a new fiscal year budget released last week, the federal government said it would allocate nearly A $300 million to upgrade Australian airport security.
Under the new law, Australian police will be given full powers to ask travellers for identification to facilitate anti-terrorism efforts at Australian airports.
Government`s new budget provides two hundred and ninety three million nine hundred and ninety nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine yuan for airport security, including the deployment of 190 anti-terrorism police personnel and 50 technical and intelligence support positions.
The (ARP), the Australian Federal Police Department, can now ask anyone to provide identification documents and expel them from the airport, introduce advanced X-rays and body scanning equipment, and require a full-body security check even for passengers on domestic flights.
Mr Tan acknowledged that the new power was a big step, but said it was necessary in "dangerous times". The terrorist attacks in Surabaya, Indonesia, in recent days remind people that the threat remains, Mr. Tan said.
"changing the law so that airport police can ask you to prove your identity is to protect the safety of Australians." He said。
Interior Secretary Dutton (Peter Dutton) said the current law requires the police to meet certain conditions before requiring passengers to show their identity documents.
"We are now in the process of resolving an anomaly and a defect in the law,". He said. But the new law does not require the traveler to carry the identity document with him.
Airports across Australia will introduce state-of-the-art body scanners and X-ray equipment, while township airports will receive $50 million. Inbound air cargo and international mail also face improved screening techniques.
Mr. Darden said the new body and luggage scanning technology is the world`s best explosion detection technology.
Last year, Australian police thwarted a plot to blow up the A380 from Sydney. "if terrorist succeeds, of course hundreds of people will be killed," Dutton said. But it will have a huge impact on the psychology of the Australian tourist public, and it will have a multi-billion dollar impact on our brand, on international students, on the travel parade industry, and so on. "
