Media Releases
Due to the joint nature of the Command and its work with partner agencies, Border Protection Command usually releases information through Customs or Defence, or activities are reported in Ministerial or other agencies releases. Relevant media releases on Border Protection Command activities can be found below:
2008
- Illegal foreign fishing vessel apprehended - 31 Dec 2008
- Unmanned aircraft trial boosts border protection - 23 May 2008
- Customs and Navy stop trepang poachers cold in Torres Strait - 26 Feb 2008
2007
- Customs and Navy stop trepang poachers - 10 Dec 2007
- 53 foreign fishers caught in Australian waters - 27 Nov 2007
- Australia and Indonesia conduct joint fisheries patrol - 2 Nov 2007
- Navy and Customs catch sixty-one foreign fishers over weekend - 18 Sept 2007
- Coordinated effort catches foreign fishers north of Darwin - 27 Aug 2007
- New Coastwatch helicopter for the top end - 1 July 2007
- Maintaining Australia's over the horizon radar capability - 28 June 2007
- Navy's tenth Armidale class patrol boat commissions - 23 June 2007
- Australia and Philippines strengthen defence ties - 31 May 2007
- UAVs on Trial over Northern Waters - 15 May 2007
- Foreign Long-Liner intercepted - 24 Mar 2007
- Joint maritime surveillance do-able with unmanned aerial system - 22 Mar 2007
- Ministerial arrangements - 6 Mar 2007
- 'Triton' makes first catch - 23 Feb 2007
- HMAS BROOME returns to operational service - 19 Feb 2007
- Navy's Eighth Armidale Class Patrol Boat Commissions - 10 Feb 2007
- New Customs patrol ship ready to take on illegal fishers - 2 Feb 2007
- Strengthening aerial surveillance to protect our borders - 1 Feb 2007
- New vessel fleet supports Customs role at border - 22 Jan 2007
- Progress in the war against illegal fishing - 4 Jan 2007
2006
- New Customs vessel to strengthen Maritime Enforcement and Environmental Protection - 21 Dec 2006
- Armed trimaran to join Customs patrol fleet - 10 Dec 2006
- Customs confirms towing & transport vessel contracts - 22 Nov 2006
- Common Ground in Fight against Illegal Fishing - 17 Nov 2006
- Ministers agree on new steps to combat illegal fishing - 16 Nov 2006
- Toothfish poachers found guilty - 23 Sept 2006
- Customs on lookout for new helicopter service - 31 Aug 2006
- New Armidales to boost border protection - 27 Aug 2006
- Joint Offshore Protection Command - Apprehension of Large Stern Trawler - 24 Aug 2006
- First national counter-terrorism exercise for 2006 - 16 May 2006
- New armed patrol vessel to join Customs fleet - 11 May 2006
- Protecting Australia's Northern Borders - 9 May 2006
- $388.9m budget boost in fight against illegal foreign fishing in Australian waters - 9 May 2006
- Customs border protection capability strengthened - 9 May 2006
- 24 Year Sentence for Final Pong Su Member - 9 May 2006
- Federal funding boost to tackle illegal fishing means better health services for Broome residents - 10 Apr 2006
- Operation Breakwater - protecting our borders whilst netting 23 suspected illegal fishing vessels - new options trialled in fight against illegal fishing - 5 Apr 2006
- Better protection for Australia's borders under new $1 billion Coastwatch surveillance contract - 6 Mar 2006
- New patrol boats to bolster the protection of Australia's border - 18 Feb 2006
2005
- Boost for maritime counter-terrorism protection - 30 Mar 2005
Media Contact
Sara Nolan Manager Communications (02) 6275 6791 or 0409 906 869