TOPICS: Crackdown on organised crime on the waterfront STUART BOCKING: Well the Federal Home Affairs Minister is Jason Clare. I think he's a very good operator. One of the real hopes of the Labor Party. He holds Paul Keating's old seat of Blaxland in Sydney's south-west. And... read more...
JASON CLARE: John Lawler Chief Executive of the Australian Crime Commission, Tony Negus Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Tony Negus, Dr Peter Fisk, Chief Executive and Chief Metrologist of the National Measurement Institute and Dr Michael Collins, Director of the... read more...
TOPICS: AUSTRALIA AND UNITED STATES WORKING TOGETHER ON HOMELAND SECURITY NICOLA ROXON: Thank you very much for coming here today. My name's Nicola Roxon and I'm the Attorney-General and it's wonderful to be here with Secretary Janet Napolitano and of course my colleague... read more...
Topics: Gun crime and gun law reform KIM LANDERS: On the eve of the 16th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre the Federal Government has announced it intends to reform Australia's gun laws. The Minister for Justice and Home Affairs Jason Clare wants to close loopholes in... read more...
Topics: Gun crime COMPERE: The East Coast seems to be caught in a wave of gun related violence right at the moment, much of it related to gangs. I mean it isn't an exaggeration to say when I come in in the morning I'm actually surprised if there hasn't been a shooting in... read more...
Topics: Firearms, anti-gang laws. COMPERE: The Federal Home Affairs Minister says he's made an offer to state governments to create national laws to help tackle the upsurge in gun violence. In Sydney there have been dozens of drive-by shootings this year, many of which are... read more...
Topics: Sydney shootings, Afghanistan withdrawal LINDA MOTTRAM: Well, what are we to make of the daily diet of shootings in Sydney? Seventeen in the past fortnight or, to echo a commercial TV headline last night, ten in ten days. More today, including one in Baulkham Hills... read more...
Topic: Sydney shootings CHARLIE PICKERING: Jason Clare is the federal Home Affairs and Justice Minister, and a resident of western Sydney. Jason, at least four of the shootings overnight were thanks to bikies, this is your patch, is it fair to say that the people of western... read more...
Topic: Sydney Shootings BEN FORDHAM: Let's get into the news of the day, and can you believe it, nineteen shootings in seventeen days? I suppose you can believe it because it seems like every morning we wake up to another incident. Forty-one per cent increase when it comes to... read more...
Topics: AFP at Sydney Airport, Introduction of integrity testing laws JASON CLARE: Today I'm announcing that the Federal Police have assumed responsibility for policing here at Sydney Airport and also we have officially opened this new facility. It will house about 100... read more...