The federal government will hand the Australian Federal Police a $321 million funding boost as it moves to bolster the nation's defences against the increasing threat of terrorism.
The multi-million-dollar package, to be announced in Tuesday's budget, will be the biggest Commonwealth funding injection to the AFP in a decade.
"Whether they are terrorists or drug traffickers or people smugglers, and of course all of those crimes and many others are linked, they are becoming more sophisticated," Prime Minister Turnbull told the media in Canberra.
"Our resources, our technologies, need to match them, and that's why we are making this historic investment."
