With holidays underway, now is the best time to have a conversation with your children about the rise of ‘sextortion’. The Coalition established the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in 2018, which recently revealed a massive spike in ‘sextortion’ of children this year – where criminals extort children after tricking them into sending…
The Hon Karen Andrews MP Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Shadow Minister for Child Protection and the Prevention of Family Violence 8 November 2022 Labor has a history of gutting our law enforcement agencies and the Albanese Government is, unfortunately, proving to be no exception to this. Today in Senate Estimates, Australian Federal Police…
Protecting 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…
The 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…
Subjects: Attribution of cyber-attack to Russia; LNP candidate in Lilley; light rail on the Gold Coast; Anthony Albanese’s inability to pronounce ‘Melbournians’ EO&E………………………………………………………… NEIL BREEN: I’ll bring in the Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, she joins me every Wednesday. Good Morning to you Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning Neil, how are you? BREEN: I’m well…
The 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…
Subjects: Solomon Islands, fairness in sport, Labor’s inadequacy on border protection and a Labor-Greens alliance. NEIL BREEN: Good morning Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Hello Neil, how are you? BREEN: I’m well thanks. So, if anyone thinks that this Solomon Islands/China situation is ‘oh, they’re just helping them out with their domestic troubles, making sure that, you know,…
The 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…
Topics: $50 million increase to funding for the Safer Communities Program, Curtin University funding under Safer Communities Program, Department of Home Affairs processing of visa applications HARLENE HAYNE: We have the privilege of meeting this afternoon on the traditional lands of the Wadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation, and here at Curtin we’re are highly…
The 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…