About the Portfolio
The Home Affairs portfolio brings together a range of matters relating to the security of life within Australia’s borders. This includes customs and border protection, counter-terrorism policy and operations, and responsibility for Australia’s internal and external territories.
The Minister’s Commonwealth responsibilities include:
- Airport physical security
- Anti-money laundering strategy
- AUSTRAC
- Australian Crime Commission
- Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- Australian Federal Police
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australian Protective Service, including Air Security Officers Border Protection and membership of Border Protection Sub-Committee of Cabinet
- Classification Board and Policy
- Criminal law and criminology (Commonwealth)
- Crime prevention
- CrimTrac
- Drugs strategy (with Minister for Health)
- Extradition matters
- Federal prisoners
- Firearms policy
- Forensics
- Fraud policy
- International Transfer of Prisoners Scheme
- Juvenile diversion policy
- Mutual assistance
- Police policy and liaison
- Proceeds of crime fund
- Protective security
- Remission of fines
- Territories, and
- Witness protection scheme.
Ministerial Councils
- Conference of Corrective Services Ministers
- Ministerial Council for Police and Emergency Management – Police
- Australasian Police Ministers' Council
- Intergovernmental Committee on the Australian Crime Commission
- Standing Committee of Attorneys-General and Censorship
- Ministerial Council on Drugs Strategy (with Minister for Health)
