It was intended to lead a national law enforcement response to organised crime which could overcome the jurisdictional barriers of the Australian federal system.
The staff and operatives of the NCA were often reminded by the Chairman that "we are dealing with the most evil, calculating and manipulative people who have significant financial resources and good reason to stop us in our work or harm us as individuals".
[3] Businessman and former Liberal Party President John Elliott accused the NCA of running a vendetta against him inspired by the then Labor government.
[7] A targeted killing of NCA Senior Investigator Det Sgt Geoffrey Bowen occurred on 2 March 1994 at the Adelaide office, on Waymouth Street.
Bowen was killed by opening a specifically and personally addressed parcel bomb, with a force so severe that it blew out the window of the building on the 12th floor.