Immigration spends $204k on new handguns

The immigration department has bought more than 300 new Glock pistols in the past three years, racking up a bill of more than $200,000.

Immigration officials have spent more than $200,000 on hundreds of new handguns in the past three years.

The Immigration and Border Protection department has bought 332 Glock pistols since 2014-15, racking up a bill of $204,025.

The vast majority of its arsenal of weapons were purchased during 2015-16, the department said in reply to a Labor question in Senate estimates.