Topics: Daniel Morcombe Foundation; child sexual exploitation; online safety. TED O’BRIEN: We have with us today Karen Andrews – the Minister for Home Affairs – who is responsible for the Australian Federal Police and issues relating to child sexual exploitation; an insidious set of issues that really does require leadership and that’s what the Minister…
Topics: Ministerial standards; AUKUS nuclear submarine arrangements; Tamil Family. MATT WEBBER: Karen Andrews, Federal Minister for Home Affairs and Member for McPherson here on the Gold Coast. Good morning, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Matt. How are you? MATT WEBBER: I’m going very well, school holidays upon us – of course we’ll get to all…
Construction of the Gold Coast’s first Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) has kicked off this month, as part of the M1’s $1 billion Varsity Lakes to Tugun (VL2T) upgrade. Local commuters will see 52 concrete bridge girders installed over the next four weeks at Exit 87 (Burleigh) between the recently built bridge piers. Federal Member for…
I would like to welcome the more than 6,000 Australians who have become citizens today. The 17 September 2021 is a very special day to become an Australian citizen. It is the 20th Anniversary of Australian Citizenship Day. WATCH: https://youtu.be/eKlw7a8jsdo
Topics: Continuing threat of terrorism; high-risk terrorist offenders legislation; Digital Passenger Declaration; COVID-19 vaccine rollout. NEIL BREEN: Every Wednesday I speak to Home Affairs Minister, Member for McPherson on the Gold Coast, Cabinet Minister as well, Karen Andrews. Good morning Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Neil. How are you? NEIL BREEN: I’m very well, thanks.…
Topics: Continuing threat of terrorism; combatting crime on the dark web; extended supervision orders legislation. DAVID KOCH: Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews joins me now – we were worried about COVID; now terrorism as a result of it? Just how concerned should we be of a terror attack out of all of this? KAREN ANDREWS:…
Topics: Continuing threat of terrorism; address to Australian Strategic Policy Institute; extended supervision orders legislation. LIAM BARTLETT: Home Affairs Minister, Karen Andrews, joins us on the program. Minister, good morning. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, how are you? LIAM BARTLETT: I’m good. Thank you for your time this morning. The timing on all this – a…
The Morrison Government has taken the next step in preparation for reopening Australia to international travel at scale, with the appointment of Accenture to deliver the Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD). The DPD will replace the physical incoming passenger card and the COVID-19 Australian Travel Declaration web form, capturing essential information including passengers’ vaccination status up…
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be with you; even if we could only meet virtually. I would like to thank ASPI and Peter Jennings for the kind invitation to address this important forum. Twenty years ago, we saw terrorist attacks in the United States that claimed 2,977 innocent lives, including those of…
Twenty years ago, President Bush addressed a nation struggling to make sense of a terrorist attack that had claimed almost 3000 innocent lives. He finished by saying: “None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.” Twenty years on,…