The Australian Border Force (ABF) is a federal law enforcement agency, part of the Department of Home Affairs, responsible for offshore and onshore border enforcement, investigations, compliance, detention operations and customs services in Australia. Through the ABFs Marine Unit, the ABF performs Coast Guard and marine law enforcement duties and is a component of the Maritime Border Command. The ABF is also part of the National Intelligence Community and is an active member of the World Customs Organization.
The swearing-in of Michael Outram (left) as Commissioner of the Australian Border Force in May 2018.
A Cape-class patrol boat of the Marine Unit (Coast Guard) in Darwin, Northern Territory
ABF officer in an airport.
An ABF Investigator of the Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) forces entry into a container.
Marine Unit (Australian Border Force)
The Marine Unit, formerly the Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit, is a division of the Australian Border Force which acts as a Coast Guard in guarding Australia's coast. The Marine Unit focuses on surveillance and response activities within the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone, and the operation and training of ships and crews to do so.
Cape-class patrol boat ABFC Cape St. George patrols an offshore oil platform
ABFC Ocean Shield, Ocean Shield
ABFC Cape St. George, Cape St. George
ABFC Cape Sorell, Cape Sorell
