Australian budget to give security agencies $570m in extra funding

Labor says government has been ‘dragged kicking and screaming to restore funding’ to Asio and the federal police

Australia’s counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence operations will get a funding injection of more than half a billion dollars in Tuesday’s federal budget.

The $570m boost includes packages for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) and the Australian federal police, and will fund programs such as anti-drone technology for the police.

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