About Australian Forces Abroad and Australia in Tonga

Kingdom of Tonga – context

• General resources and timelines – Tonga
• Media in Tonga
• Who’s who – Kingdom of Tonga

 Australian policy

• Australian government policy on Tonga
• Aid to Tonga

 ADF and AFP operations in Tonga

• Operation Quickstep
• Operation Tokoni
• Operation Kurukuru
• Operation Ashika Assist

 ADF elements in Tonga

ADF deployment to Tonga, 2006

 Australian Army

•  Royal Australian Regiment (RAR)

 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

•  Air Lift Group in Tonga

 Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

• Maritime Surveillance Adviser

Command

• Command of 2006 deployment in Tonga

Intelligence

• Transnational Crime Network – Tonga
• Australian intelligence organisations, Australian Forces Abroad
• National Security Agencies, Australian Forces Abroad

Legal

• Legal mandate – ADF in Tonga
• Rules of engagement

Australian Federal Police

• AFP personnel in Tonga
• AFP deployment in Tonga, November 2006
• International Deployment Group (IDG)
• Operational Response Group in Tonga

ADF and AFP activities

• Countering money laundering
• Death penalty
• Rebuilding Tonga’s military bases
• Training of Tonga Police Force
• Training of Tonga Defence Service
• Allegations of torture and mistreatment

Coalition forces

• Coalition forces – New Zealand