I welcome the opportunity to serve the Coalition team in the senior role of Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence. Having served the nation as Minister for Home Affairs, I know how crucial the work of this Department and its Agencies is for both…
DetailsProtecting Australians and safeguarding our way of life has always been the highest priority for Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. Minister Andrews said it was an honour leading the men and women of the Home Affairs Portfolio, whose diligence continues to keep Australia prosperous, secure, and united. “Australia has the best operational law enforcement and…
DetailsThe Australian Federal Police (AFP) continues to crack down on criminals, seizing more than half a billion dollars in illegally-acquired-wealth from organised crime thanks to record funding from the Morrison Government. This figure will continue to rise with a further $30 million in the 2022-23 Budget to extend the work of the AFP’s Criminal Asset…
DetailsToday, the Coalition releases our plan for protecting our borders. A re-elected Coalition Government will ensure Australia’s borders remain safe and secure by: Maintaining Operation Sovereign Borders: the strong and proven policy that saves lives, and tackles people smuggling and irregular migration. Sustaining the three vital pillars of our border policies: regional processing, boat turn-backs…
DetailsA re-elected Coalition Government will keep Australians’ data and personal information more secure by taking cyber security action in the rapidly growing ‘smart’ device market, as the number of smart products in Australian homes is expected to double between 2019 and 2024. New minimum cyber security standards will protect smart devices such as smart watches,…
DetailsThe Coalition Government continues to stamp out crime and improve community safety right around Australia, with an extra $50 million investment in the 2022-23 Budget in the highly successful Safer Communities Fund. The additional funding will see Rockhampton benefit from $795,000 for practical community projects to keep locals safer, by diverting young people at risk…
DetailsThe Morrison Government is stamping out crime and improving community safety right around Australia, with our $50 million investment in the highly successful Safer Communities Fund. $1.7 million of the latest round of our Safer Communities Fund will go directly to services to keep the South-West Sydney community safe. This includes almost $1 million to…
DetailsThe Morrison Government’s strong support for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) contrasts strongly with the Labor-Greens ACT Government’s track record, in a dire warning to anyone concerned about community safety this election. The Morrison Government has increased the AFP’s total budget to more than $1.7 billion a year, and grown the AFP by more than…
DetailsThe Morrison Government continues to stamp out crime and improve community safety right around Australia, with an extra $50 million investment in the 2022-23 Budget for the highly successful Safer Communities Fund. Our funding for the Safer Communities Fund means Sydwest Multicultural Services will benefit from almost $1 million for practical community projects to bring communities…
DetailsThe Morrison Government continues to stamp out crime and improve community safety right around Australia, with an extra $50 million investment in the highly successful Safer Communities Fund. The additional funding means Ipswich will benefit from almost $2 million for practical community projects to keep locals safer, by diverting young people at risk from a…
DetailsWhen asked yesterday about his border protection policies, Anthony Albanese said he supported Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs), before being shamed into another humiliating clarification that in fact Labor has never supported them. This fumble comes on the back of comments last week that “turning boats back means you don’t need offshore detention”. ‘Amateur Albo’ is…
DetailsIn nothing more than a tricky attempt to try and win votes, Anthony Albanese has flipped his position on boat turnbacks mere days into the 2022 election. Mr Albanese is taking the Australian people for mugs by claiming he sees the value of turnbacks, despite arguing against them at Labor’s national conference and declaring he…
DetailsThe Morrison Government is continuing to keep Australians and their communities safe from illicit drugs by providing more than $3.5 million to Crime Stoppers Australia, to support their national Dob-in-a-Dealer campaign. The successful Crime Stoppers’ Dob-in-a-Dealer campaign will build on previous programs by visiting local communities across Australia and encouraging residents to be active in…
DetailsThe Morrison Government is supporting Indigenous youth in Western Australia, funding new research to reduce crime by delivering an extra $50 million under round six of the highly-successful Safer Communities Fund. Almost $1.5 million in extra funding has been allocated to Murlpirrmarra Connection Limited, a not-for-profit organisation based in Welshpool. The organisation tackles anti-social and…
DetailsThe Morrison Government continues to stamp out crime and improve community safety right around Australia, with a significant $50 million investment in the highly successful Safer Communities Fund. Since 2016, investments through the Safer Communities Fund have ensured local schools, councils, community groups, religious institutions and others have the funding they need for programs that…
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