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• 6 December 2019 – Keeping Australians safe at airports - Joint Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 5 December 2019 – New laws will keep terrorists behind bars longer – Joint Attorney-General and Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 4 December 2019 – Sydney man to be charged with multiple terrorism offences – AFP media release
• 2 December 2019 – Stepping up Australia’s response against foreign interference – Joint Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 29 November 2019 – Trio jailed for Christmas terror plot – AFP media release
• 28 November 2019 – Assistance to victims of terrorist attacks in Christchurch, Nairobi and Karachi – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 25 November 2019 – Industry Panel meets to drive 2020 Cyber Security Strategy forward – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 19 November 2019 – Lifting the cyber security of the Internet of Things – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 11 November 2019 – Operation Appleby investigators charge 45-year-old with additional terrorism-related offence – AFP media release
• 9 September 2019 – Preventing terrorists from harming Australians online – Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts media release
• 8 September 2019 – Assistance to victims of Sri Lanka terrorist attacks – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 6 September 2019 – Have your say on Australia’s new cyber security strategy – Joint Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Defence media release
• 26 August 2019 – More action to prevent online terror – Prime Minister media release
• 25 August 2019 – Halting the spread of terrorism and extreme violent content online – Joint Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts media release
• 1 August 2019 – Strengthening Australia’s counter-terrorism laws – Attorney-General media release
• 4 July 2019 – Australia’s ongoing contribution to Global Coalition against Daesh in Iraq and Syria – Minister for Defence media release
• 2 July 2019 – Three men charged in NSW JCTT operation – AFP Media release
• 30 June 2019 – Stronger action against terror content – Joint Prime Minister and Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts media release
• 21 June 2019 – Man arrested in counter terrorism operation in Melbourne – Joint AFP  and Victoria Police media release
• 22 May 2019 –  Brisbane man charged with terrorism support offence – Joint AFP and Queensland Police Service media release
• 22 April 2019 – Terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka – Joint Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs media release
• 21 April 2019 – Media statement – Sri Lanka – Prime Minister media release
• 4 April 2019 – Tough new laws to protect Australians from live-streaming of violent crimes – Attorney-General and Minister for Communications and the Arts media release
• 2 April 2019 – A safer and more secure Australia – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 30 March 2019 – Tough new laws to protect Australians from live-streaming violent crimes – Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Minister for Communications and the Arts media release
• 24 March 2019 – Territorial defeat of Da’esh – Joint Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence media release
• 19 March 2019 – Commissioner’s Statement on Christchurch - AFP media release
• 18 March 2019 – NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team search warrants on NSW mid-north coast – AFP media release
• 5 March 2019 – New terrorist organisation listed – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 21 February 2019 – Exclusion orders to manage returning foreign fighters – Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 20 February 2019 – Strengthening counter-terrorism laws – Joint Attorney-General and Minister for Home Affairs media release
• 18 February 2019 – Statement to the House of Representatives on cyber security – Prime Minister media release

Australian Government media contacts

The Department of Home Affairs provides media liaison on national security issues. Contact the Media Team:

• Phone: 02 6264 2244
• Email: media@homeaffairs.gov.au.