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Maritime Border Command

MBC

1 July 2015 – present

Previously Border Protection Command (2006–2015).

Joint Australian Border Force and Australian Defence Force command that conducts civil maritime surveillance and response across Australia's maritime domain, against threats such as people smuggling, illegal fishing and maritime terrorism.

Names over time

  1. Joint Offshore Protection Command2005–2006
  2. Border Protection Command2006–2015
  3. Maritime Border Command2015–present

How it came into existence

Renamed from Border Protection Command on 1 July 2015, when it became part of the new Australian Border Force.

Changes during its life

  1. 20 December 2017Continued within the Australian Border Force in the new Department of Home Affairs.

Main functions

  • Civil maritime surveillance
  • Maritime security response
  • Interdiction of unauthorised boat arrivals
  • Enforcement against illegal foreign fishing
  • Protection of offshore infrastructure

Where it sits

In the portfolio of Department of Home Affairs.

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