The Victorian budget will be delivered today and new tax measures are set to be introduced as Treasurer Tim Pallas begins the task of repairing the state’s finances.
as he revealed authorities are monitoring 100 “deeply concerning” companies that are suspected of facilitating the trafficking of illegal drugs into Australia.
Outram said Border Force is “focused on hardening Australia’s international supply chain from criminal infiltration”, including by working with international law enforcement agencies to prevent drugs from being shipped to Australia in the first place. He added that Operation Jardena - established 18 months ago to identify threats from trusted insiders in Australian supply chains - uncovered around 100 companies that “deeply concern us” and 1000 employees of concern at airports, seaports and other key locations.program on the ABC featured an anonymous underworld figure who said Mexican and South American cocaine cartels have corrupted people working in border security at almost all air and seaports in the country.
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