TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW SKY NEWS FIRST EDITION

Topics: Visa cancellation, Queensland Premier travel to Tokyo, vaccine rollout. PETER STEFANOVIC: Let’s go live now to Canberra where we’re joined by the Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews. Minister, good morning. What is the current travel status of Katie Hopkins? KAREN ANDREWS: Hopefully on her way out of the country as the day rolls…

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TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW CHANNEL SEVEN SUNRISE

Topics: Arrival of one million Pfizer vaccines, vaccine rollout, visa cancellation DAVID KOCH: Joining me now, Home Affairs Minister, Karen Andrews. Minister, where will these new doses be going? Is there a priority to send them to Sydney and Melbourne given their current situation? KAREN ANDREWS: Well, effectively, they’ll be distributed based on the population,…

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INTERVIEW CHANNEL NINE TODAY SHOW

Topics: Visa cancellation, vaccine rollout KARL STEFANOVIC: Karen Andrews joins us live now from Canberra. Minister good morning, thanks for your time this morning. Tell us what you really think about her? KAREN ANDREWS: I think I have – I think her behaviour is absolutely appalling. She should have been absolutely ashamed of her own…

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INTERVIEW – 4BC – BREAKFAST WITH NEIL BREEN

Topics: COVID-19, National Missing Person’s Week, Australian Citizenship. NEIL BREEN: Every week I chat to the Home Affairs Minister, Cabinet member as well, MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast, Karen Andrews. The Minister joins me on the line. Good morning, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, how are you? NEIL BREEN: I’m well, thanks. Of…

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TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW – 4BC – BREAKFAST WITH SPENCER HOWSON

Topics: Petition for Queensland Premier not to travel to Tokyo, hotel quarantine, international arrivals, national firearms amnesty. SPENCER HOWSON: Karen Andrews, welcome. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Spencer. How are you? SPENCER HOWSON: Very well, thank you. I’m looking at this petition that’s calling for Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to be denied an exemption to travel to…

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TRANSCRIPT PRESS CONFERENCE – INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS

KAREN ANDREWS: Well, thank you very much for being here this afternoon. Let me be clear: Australia’s borders are closed. There have been about 370,000 people come into Australia and hotel quarantine’s efficiency has been at the level of about 99 per cent. So clearly, hotel quarantine is an effective method of quarantining travellers returning to…

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INTERVIEW – 4BC – BREAKFAST WITH SPENCER HOWSON

Topics: Queensland lockdown, international arrivals, hotel quarantine, border protection. SPENCER HOWSON: Minister, good morning. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning. How are you? SPENCER HOWSON: Well. Thank you very much. And I gather you’re back on the Gold Coast today, where the lockdown is also in full swing? KAREN ANDREWS: I certainly am and I’m calling in…

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COOPERATION WITH MALAYSIA STRENGTHENS AUSTRALIAN BORDERS

The Morrison Government continues to ensure Australia’s border are protected, with Australia’s participation in Operation Redback XV – a week-long Malaysia Coast Guard (MCG) led exercise to strengthen maritime security in our near region – concluding yesterday. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said that while Australia’s strong border protection measures had suppressed Australia’s maritime people…

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