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The new Department of Home Affairs is unnecessary and seems to be more about politics than reform

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dc.contributor.authorBlaxland, Johnen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T07:19:18Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T07:19:18Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted24/07/2017 0:00
dc.description.abstractIt is difficult not to give in to cynical impulses over Tuesday’s announcement that the government will create a Department of Home Affairs. Described as a “federation of border and security agencies”, the home affairs minister – set to be the current immigration minister, Peter Dutton – will be responsible for ASIO, the AFP, Border Force, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, and the Office of Transport Security. The Home Affairs department was announced at the same time the government released an eagerly awaited review of Australia’s intelligence agencies. But the rationale for the creation of a “super ministry” seems to conflate the well-intentioned and important intelligence review with an inadequately justified yet major rearrangement of federal government executive agencies.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.othertheconversation/article/81161en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/120962
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherParkville, Vic. : The Conversation Media Groupen_AU
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/en_AU
dc.sourceThe Conversationen_AU
dc.source.urihttp://theconversation.com/the-new-department-of-home-affairs-is-unnecessary-and-seems-to-be-more-about-politics-than-reform-81161en_AU
dc.titleThe new Department of Home Affairs is unnecessary and seems to be more about politics than reformen_AU
dc.typeCommentaryen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
dcterms.licenseLicensed as Creative Commons - attribution, no derivatives.en_AU
local.contributor.institutionThe Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
local.publisher.urlhttps://theconversation.comen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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