{"id":32988,"date":"2017-07-20T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=32988"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T09:57:58","slug":"law-enforcement-home-affairs-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/law-enforcement-home-affairs-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement and the Home Affairs portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The media commentary that followed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull\u2019s 18 July Home Affairs portfolio announcement<\/a> (see here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>) almost exclusively concentrated on Australia\u2019s counterterrorism (CT) arrangements. Despite the announcement, Australia\u2019s continued success in disrupting terror plots makes it unlikely that the new Home Affairs minister will be crafting drastic changes to CT arrangements. But there\u2019s so much more to home affairs and domestic security than CT.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s strategies and policies for dealing with transnational serious and organised crime and illicit drugs have nothing like the same level of coordination or success as those in the CT domain. That becomes clear when you consider the following:<\/p>\n