AIRPORT INS AND OUTS

MAY 13, 2014: The AFP’s withdrawal from Hobart International Airport is announced in 2014-15 Federal Budget.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014: Tasmania Police writes to the AFP urging the decision be reversed.

OCTOBER 21, 2014: 27 AFP officers officially stand down from the airport.

OCTOBER 24, 2014: The Office of Transport Security — responsible for assessing airport security — reveals it wasn’t consulted by the AFP before it decided to leave Hobart airport.

AUGUST 1, 2015: The State Government expresses concern that the AFP pullout could undermine efforts to stop ice coming into Tasmania.

JULY 6, 2016: People linked to terrorist activity have probably entered Tasmania through Hobart Airport, police union warns.

MAY 8, 2017: Tasmanian Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam breaks party ranks and calls for the Federal Government to reinstate the AFP at Hobart airport.

MAY 31, 2017: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the AFP is not needed at Hobart airport.

JULY 29, 2017: Security is beefed up at Tasmanian airports after four men are arrested in Sydney in connection to an alleged plot to bring down a plane using an improvised explosive device.

AUGUST 4, 2017: The Federal Government announced Hobart airport’s security needs will be assessed as part of a national security of airports.