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…
The Morrison Government is providing additional funding for new Australian Federal Police (AFP) Organised Crime Strike Teams to keep Australians safe from serious and organised crime, and keep weapons and drugs off our streets. The Organised Crime Strike Teams will target illicit drug and firearm trafficking, money laundering and other serious crime around Australia. Strike Teams…
Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews today chaired the second meeting of Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers with responsibility for policing, law enforcement and counter terrorism, discussing ways to crack down on serious and organised crime threatening Australians and our way of life. “We cannot let transnational, serious and organised crime disrupt our way of…
Four years after the Coalition Government established the Home Affairs Portfolio in December 2017, the Morrison Government is continuing to keep Australians safe, safely reopen our international borders, and secure Australia’s economic recovery. Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said the Morrison Government has ensured the Home Affairs Portfolio can effectively anticipate, prevent, prepare, respond and…
Topics: Morrison Government’s strong support for Australian police; new police taskforce to crack down on organised crime. RAY HADLEY: Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews is on the line. Minister, good morning to you. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Ray. How are you? RAY HADLEY: Really well. Thank you for talking to me this morning. A very…