RAISING AWARENESS OF SEXTORTION THESE HOLIDAYS

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…

MEDIA RELEASE – LABOR GUTS AFP FUNDING

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…

TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW WITH NEIL BREEN 4BC

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…

INTERVIEW WITH NEIL BREEN – 4BC

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,…

CRACKING DOWN ON DRUG DEALERS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE

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…

DOORSTOP – CURTIN UNIVERSITY, PERTH

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…

$50 MILLION FUNDING BOOST FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY

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…