Labor's decision to reorganise Cabinet portfolios has been slammed by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, who claimed it will 'make us less safe as a country”.
The Prime Minister’s changes put the Attorney-General back in charge of criminal law enforcement and policing - taking it away from the Ministry for Home Affairs and reversing a move made by the Coalition back in 2017.
Stream more on politics with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022.“Mark Dreyfus has been central to pushing back on Home Affairs when he was Attorney General last time,” he said. Mr Albanese rearranged the portfolios to place criminal law enforcement under the control of the Attorney-General and put the Ministry for Home Affairs in charge of natural disaster response and mitigation and the National Recovery and Resilience Agency.
The newly elected Liberal leader warned it was a dangerous time to be segregating the national security organisations and admitted he held fears the Labor government would limit spending. “We’re going to have less capability in tracking down these crime groups who I think have really feared what we had created in the Home Affairs department,” he said.
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