First Border Force commissioner appointed

Customs chief Roman Quaedvlieg will be the first commissioner of Australian Border Force.

The new agency combines the border control functions of the immigration department and customs service into a single integrated agency and will be in operation from July 1.

Mr Quaedvlieg, a career police officer who previously had senior positions within the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission, will have a five-year statutory term, ABC radio reports.