Michael John Palmer

Mick Palmer AO APM
Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
In office June 1994 – 2 April 2001
Preceded by	Peter McAulay
Succeeded by	Mick Keelty
Personal details
Born	1941 Coventry, England
Profession	Police officer, Lawyer

Michael John "Mick" Palmer (b. 1941) is a former Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner.

Mick Palmer was born in the English city of Coventry in 1941. The Palmer family moved to Australia in 1953 and in 1963 Michael "Mick" Palmer joined the Northern Territory Police.

Mick Palmer reached the position of inspector in 1975.

Between 1979 and 1982 he completed his law degree then practiced at the Queensland bar.

In late 1983 he returned to the NT police as chief inspector, taking the top job as police commissioner in January 1988.

Mick Palmer became AFP commissioner in June 1994 and officially retired with the swearing-in of his replacement Mick Keelty in April 2001.

Mick Palmer conducted the Palmer Inquiry, an inquiry into the unlawful detention of Australian Citizen, Cornelia Rau as an illegal immigrant.

Between 2004 and 2012 he was the Federal Government’s Inspector of Transport Security, a position created after the 9/11 and Bali bombing terrorist incidents to review air, sea and land transport and off shore critical infrastructure and advise government of the efficiency and effectiveness of existing security arrangements.

Mick is a recipient of the Australian Police Medal and in 1998 was admitted to the Order of Australia (AO) for his work in “advancing the professionalization of policing through the introduction of far-reaching anti-corruption processes and management practice reform”.

In 1999 the Board of Governors of Charles Sturt University conferred upon him the award of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) for his contribution to advancing policing in Australia.

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