The Morrison Government will revolutionise the way Australian agencies investigate and prosecute serious crime, including terrorism, child sexual exploitation and cybercrime following the passage of legislation in the Senate today. Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said the passage of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 will ensure Australia’s law enforcement agencies…
Topics: Reshuffle, Home Affairs portfolio Fran Kelly: Well, Scott Morrison used his Cabinet reshuffle yesterday to try and draw a line under the political crisis engulfing his government and its treatment of women. The number of women in Cabinet has been restored to seven, and a new ministerial taskforce will be established to deal with…
Topics: Personal background, Parliament House culture, energy mix, space sector, Facebook E&OE: Chris Smith: I was in Canberra during the week to interview Karen Andrews, the Federal Minister. And I notice from conversations with women in Parliament House that they are demanding a change in the culture there, and they expect it to happen from…
Topics: Social media regulations E&OE: Luke Grant: There are growing calls as we’ve been telling you for a few days now, for consistent free speech rules for tech giants. It follows Twitter and Facebook and a number of other social media platforms, so-called, banned the US President Donald Trump. I spoke about it yesterday on…
Topics: Social media regulations E&OE: Stephen Quartermain: Well, Twitter certainly has been in the news the last few days, banning Donald Trump pretty much permanently for his tweets, which led to the horrible incident in Washington. And now, more than 50 Australian MPs have joined a new parliamentary group dedicated to reining in the technology…
Topics: COVID-19 vaccine, border restrictions E&OE: Deborah Knight: Karen Andrews is the Minister for Science and Industry, she’s on the line for us now. Minister, thanks for joining us. Karen Andrews: It’s a pleasure, Deb. Deborah Knight: An exciting development, but it’s still not quite set in stone, is it? It’s still a Letter of…
Topics: Parliament sitting, border restrictions, COVID misinformation E&OE: Tom Forbes: Travel restrictions, quarantine, the pandemic is a real spanner in the works for anyone who usually travels interstate for work or for personal reasons. Nicole Dyer: And one group of frequent travellers are of course our federal politicians. Tom Forbes: Queensland Health chief officer has…
The Morrison Government welcomes the launch of a new website brought together by the technology sector to support Australian businesses with staff working remotely during the COVID-19 outbreak. Australian Business Continuity – by the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) and its technology partners – provides free practical tools to support the continuity of Australia’s small-to-medium…