The Minns Labor Government is continuing its work to keep communities safe with the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command to benefit from modern, cutting-edge capability and infrastructure with a new vessel funded in the 2025-26 Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$46.3 million will fund a new Class 1 Vessel (Nemesis) \u2013 replacing the current vessel which is approaching end-of-useful-life after almost 20 years on the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nemesis is invaluable to the NSWPF\u2019s marine operations. It can operate in the harshest offshore maritime environments \u2013 with a patrol range of 1500 nautical miles or 2800kms \u2013 for extended periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vessel gives officers the capability to conduct extended offshore operations including search and rescue, maritime and counter-terrorism protection and target maritime crime and illegal drug importation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It protects NSW\u2019s economic interests, assists marine counter-terrorism operations, polices major water events \u2013 including New Year\u2019s Eve on Sydney Harbour – and is the response vessel to Lord Howe Island for emergency management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since becoming operational in 2008, the Nemesis has intercepted and seized 8.1 tonnes of narcotics including one tonne of methamphetamine, seven tonnes of cocaine and interrupted the shipment of 240 tonnes of illicit tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nemesis has completed countless major rescues, including in September 2024 when two stricken sailors were rescued off the Shoalhaven area in eight metre seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new vessel will have an extended patrol range, allowing for 12-day patrols, advanced satellite communications, military-grade surveillance and infrared camera, seven metre boarding vessel, along with emergency management capabilities to support Lord Howe Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This investment builds on the Minns Labor Government\u2019s work to deliver better frontline services and rebuild the NSWPF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Liberal-National Government had no plan for police recruitment, no plan for police retention and sent wages backwards for 12 years. As a result, thousands of experienced officers left the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are turning that around by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2025-26 Budget builds on the strong foundations we have already laid to build a better, safer NSW for all \u2013 work which the Minns Labor Government will continue to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Nemesis is absolutely critical when it comes to the capability of our Marine Area Command to keep our waterways and streets safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe role of this vessel cannot be overstated \u2013 from intercepting illegal drugs, to policing major events and conducting offshore rescues \u2013 the Nemesis does it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday\u2019s announcement builds on our work to invest in our hardworking police and ensure they have the resources, equipment and capability to continue to keep us all safe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are the only police force in Australia with this capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis new vessel puts us even further in front in the fight against drugs and other serious crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMarine Area Command officers are trained to deal with everything from significant drug detections, and terrorism to major boating emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis new vessel is a major weapon for our Marine Command, and its\u2019 team of elite officers, in the fight against what can be some very serious crimes right across their patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minns Labor Government is continuing its work to keep communities safe with the NSW Police Force Marine Area Command to benefit from modern, cutting-edge capability and infrastructure with a new vessel funded in the 2025-26 Budget. $46.3 million will fund a new Class 1 Vessel (Nemesis) \u2013 replacing the current vessel which is approaching … Continue reading “$46 million budget boost to fund new police vessel”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33041,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33040\/revisions\/33041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}