The United States and Australia today signed a landmark agreement that will facilitate access to electronic data for investigations of serious crime, including terrorism and child sexual abuse. The agreement is authorized by the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, a bill Congress passed in 2018. The CLOUD Act Agreement will help ensure…
ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND: Minister Andrews; distinguished guests; good afternoon. It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Department of Justice today, and it is my honour to join Minister Andrews in the signing of the agreement between the United States and Australia today. Keeping the American people safe is one of the Justice…
Topics: Finalisation of the Regional Resettlement Arrangement with PNG; cyber security; foreign interference. NEIL BREEN: Karen Andrews, every Wednesday I speak to her. She’s the Home Affairs Minister, the MP for McPherson. She’s in Federal Cabinet. She joins me on the line. Good morning to you, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Neil. How are you?…
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure to be with you; even if we could only meet virtually. I would like to thank ASPI and Peter Jennings for the kind invitation to address this important forum. Twenty years ago, we saw terrorist attacks in the United States that claimed 2,977 innocent lives, including those of…
Topics: Evacuation of Australians, permanent residents, and Australian visa holders from Kabul International Airport; settlement of evacuees in Australia KAREN ANDREWS: While our operations in Kabul have ceased, we have now had 1,035 people arrive in Australia from the Middle East. Our work regarding Afghanistan is not complete, we are continuing to support those people…
Topics: Situation in Afghanistan, crime in Southeast Queensland, COVID-19 and Canberra lockdown. NEIL BREEN: Every Wednesday, I speak to Home Affairs Minister and MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast, Karen Andrews – Cabinet Minister as well – she joins me on the line now. Good morning to you Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning Neil,…
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…
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…
Inventors of a system which can detect bushfires in minutes will share in more than $5 million from the Morrison Government to roll out the technology here at home and overseas. Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews said Fireball International’s innovative sensor system is among 12 projects being backed to take on new…