00:00The Australian Federal Police Association had been threatening strike action for months
00:07over a pay dispute. The federal government has offered the union an 11% pay bump, while
00:13the union wants almost double that. The AFPA has described this action as having a minimal
00:19effect on frontline operations and says it wouldn't take any action that would put the
00:24community in danger. But it says its members did stage walkouts at major airports across
00:30the country yesterday. Union President Alex Karawana says the AFP risks losing officers
00:36to state-based police forces if the offer doesn't improve.
00:40We can't continue to have our members being underpaid for the work that they do. They're
00:45undervalued and people are burning out. We are losing members to the other jurisdictions.
00:49It's going to come to a point where we're not going to have the police officers, we're
00:52not going to have the staff, in order to keep the community safe.
00:56The union had also threatened to walk off the job at Parliament House, but says those
01:01efforts have been thwarted. But it says it is prepared to take further strike action
01:06if there's no progress in negotiations.
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