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How the Australian Border Force can exploit artificial intelligence

10th April 2024

Commissioner Michael Outram Australian Border Force

ANALYSIS: As part of his speech to the recent Milpol Asia-Pacific Conference in Singapore, Australian Border Force Commissioner Michael Outram highlighted the potential that artificial intelligence offers his force and others in detecting and disrupting criminal activities and responding to crises.

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Michael Outram APM was sworn in as the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force (ABF) in May 2018, having become the ABF’s Deputy Commissioner Operations in July 2015. Michael has 44 years of experience in a diverse range of law enforcement organisations and settings. Between 2011 and 2015, he was Assistant Commissioner with the Australian Federal Police, joining the force from his post as Executive Director of the Australian Crime Commission, a role he took up in 2004. His career in Australia started in 2002 following a secondment from the Metropolitan Police Service in the UK, where he joined as a police cadet in 1980.