Topics: Sydney lockdown, economic support for the Gold Coast, climate change, Queensland State Government polling NEIL BREEN: On Wednesdays I speak to the Home Affairs Minister, Cabinet Minister, MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast, Karen Andrews. She joins me on the line now. Good morning to you, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Neil. How…
Topics: Economic support for Queensland and the Gold Coast, Parliament MATT WEBBER: Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews. Minister, good morning to you. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Matt. MATT WEBBER: I read late last week of Mayor Tom Tate’s unanswered plea for additional help for members of his community – your community Minister – arguing…
Topics: Essential work at Parliament House, AFP arrest of a man for impersonating a Commonwealth official, COVID-19 vaccine rollout. NEIL BREEN: Every Wednesday, I speak to the Home Affairs Minister and the MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast, Karen Andrews. She’s a Cabinet Minister as well. She joins me on the line. Good morning…
The Morrison Government continues to focus on the protection of women and children from people smugglers and human traffickers, with World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2021 marking another successful year of combatting this despicable crime. Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said Australia would continue to bring charges against people smugglers and human traffickers,…
Topics: Illicit tobacco WENDY HARMER: Joining us on ABC Sydney Breakfast is Karen Andrews, the Federal Minister for Home Affairs, who oversees this taskforce. Good morning to you, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Wendy. How are you? WENDY HARMER: Good, thank you. Of course, this is all happening, I guess, because cigarettes are incredibly expensive…
Topics: Lockdown protests, illicit tobacco, Foster Report. NEIL BREEN: How are you Minister? KAREN ANDREWS: I’m very well. NEIL BREEN: So, you’re on the Gold Coast there, this lockdown’s going to continue in New South Wales for four more weeks. Honestly, this is a ‘small business across the nation’ story now, and those businesses on…
Topics: Lockdown protests, ramp up of vaccination rollout, border exemptions, QLD-NSW state border. MATT WEBBER: Member for McPherson on the Gold Coast and Minister for Home Affairs, Karen Andrews, joins me each fortnight to talk about, well, any number of issues, it’s a movable feast. Minister, good morning to you. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning Matt.…
Topics: Vandalism of Electorate Office, attribution of malicious cyber activity to China’s Ministry of State Security, returning Australians. NEIL BREEN: Karen Andrews joins me on the line now. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning. NEIL BREEN: Tell us about that vandalism. KAREN ANDREWS: Yes. Well, look, it was obviously pretty disappointing and unsettling for my staff. So…
KAREN ANDREWS: The Australian Government overnight has joined international partners in expressing serious concerns about malicious cyber activities by China’s Ministry of State Security. In consultation with our partners – and that includes the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan – the Government has determined that China’s Ministry of State Security exploited vulnerabilities in…