<P> The Australian Federal Police ( AFP ) is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and to protect the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia . The AFP is an independent agency of the Department of Home Affairs and is responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs and accountable to the Parliament of Australia . Since October 2014 the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police has been Andrew Colvin . </P>
what is the role of the australian federal police
investigating crime and to protect the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia