Media Releases
- Subscribe to the Minister for Home Affairs Media Email List
- Unsubscribe to the Minister for Home Affairs Media Email List
First Quarter
7 March 2010 - Border Protection Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
6 March 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
4 March 2010 - 55,000-Plus Submissions Received on R18+ Classification for Computer Games
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor today welcomed the more than 55,000 submissions received in response to the R18+ Classification for Computer Games Discussion Paper.
3 March 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
1 March 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
1 March 2010 - Fresh Faces and New Hope for Missing Australians
The Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, today launched Australia’s first poster featuring age-enhanced images of long-term missing persons, aiming to bring renewed hope to Australian families.
26 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command overnight successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
26 February 2010 - Ban on Tablet Presses Comes into Effect
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today welcomed the commencement of legislation prohibiting the importation of tablet presses into Australia.
24 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
24 February 2010 - Minister Opens 2nd Malaysia-Australia Working Group on People Smuggling
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor today opened the second meeting of the Malaysia-Australia Working Group on People Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons.
23 February 2010 - Environmental Crime Conference targets Illegal Logging and Fishing
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan Connor, has welcomed a regional conference on environmental crime and anti-money laundering, which is being held in Wollongong until the 26th of February.
23 February 2010 - Audit Report Highlights Successes in Combating Illegal Foreign Fishing
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today welcomed the release of the Australian National Audit Office report on Illegal Foreign Fishing in Australia’s Northern Waters, which concludes that overall Customs and Border Protection has effectively managed and coordinated enforcement operations.
20 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
19 February 2010 - Helping Parents Protect Kids on the Internet
The Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today launched the Australia-wide rollout of the ThinkUKnow program to educate parents, carers and teachers about how to create a safe online experience for the nation’s youth.
18 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
18 February 2010 - New Data Centre to Aid in Fight Against Illicit Drugs
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today launched the first Australian Illicit Drug Data Centre (AIDDC) in Sydney, NSW.
18 February 2010 - Report Shows Significant Declines in Detainee Drug Use
The Australian Institute of Criminology’s (AIC) annual Drug Use Monitoring in Australia (DUMA) report has revealed a significant decline in the use of methamphetamines and other illicit drug types among police detainees
12 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
9 February 2010 - Strengthening Aviation Security
The Australian Government has today announced a comprehensive package of measures to strengthen Australia's international and domestic aviation security regime against emerging threats.
9 February 2010 - Truss and Keenan Continue Coalition Blunders
Today’s joint media release by the Shadow Minister for Trade, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Warren Truss, and Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs Michael Keenan, which criticises the government’s latest steps to strengthen Australia’s aviation security, contains so many falsehoods and blunders that it can’t go unchallenged.
9 February 2010 - Minister Congratulates New Commander of Border Protection Command
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today congratulated Royal Australian Navy Commodore Tim Barrett on his promotion to Rear Admiral and appointment to Commander of Border Protection Command.
7 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Rescues 45 People
Yesterday afternoon Border Protection Command received a request from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to assist with a safety of life at sea matter approximately 91 nautical miles south south west of Christmas Island.
4 February 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
4 February 2010 - Reforms to Child Sex Offences Introduced
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, today introduced into Parliament reforms to strengthen Commonwealth child sexual exploitation laws.
2 February 2010 - Pre-cursor drug destruction in Cambodia
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today praised the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for their support and commitment to international policing efforts with the destruction of 15 tonnes of Safrole Oil in Cambodia.
1 February 2010 - Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel Boarded
Border Protection Command has this evening boarded a suspected irregular entry vessel in the vicinity of Christmas Island.
29 January 2010 - AFP Commander Achieves Significant Results in Timor-Leste
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor today welcomed the comments from the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, who has acknowledged the significant contribution of AFP Commander Grant Edwards as he completes his role as Head of the Timor-Leste Police Development Program (TLPDP).
29 January 2010 - Smartgate Makes Travel Easier for One Million
Customs and Border Protection has reached a significant milestone in the operation of its self-processing option for travellers, SmartGate.
28 January 2010 - Agency Integration Imrpoving Border Security
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor said today that Australia’s border management community had proven itself to be more integrated and better coordinated since the presentation of the National Security Statement in 2008.
27 January 2009 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command yesterday successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
24 January 2010 - Massive Increase in the Seizure of Illigal Lasers
Close to 6,000 laser pointers have been seized over the past six months, the Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, announced today.
23 January 2009 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command has successfully intercepted two suspected irregular entry vessels.
22 January 2010 - Drug Arrests Highlight Benefits of Cooperation
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor today congratulated Australian law enforcement agencies for disrupting an alleged organised crime syndicate.
21 January 2010 - Minister to Launch a Safer New Year for Gawler
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, and the Member for Wakefield, Nick Champion, today launched the Town of Gawler’s $75,000 CCTV installation in Gawler City Centre project, funded under the Australian Government’s Safer Suburbs Plan.
8 January 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
4 January 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command yesterday successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
3 January 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command this morning successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.
1 January 2010 - Border Protection Command Intercepts Vessel
Border Protection Command today successfully intercepted a suspected irregular entry vessel.