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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed a veteran cabinet minister to oversee the Home Affairs and Cyber Security portfolios, following months of scrutiny into Home Affairs’ handling of the NZYQ ruling.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed Tony Burke as Australia’s new Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security, amid a raft of portfolio changes unveiled on Sunday (28 July).
He replaces outgoing Minister Clare O’Neil, who has taken the mantle of Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness
In addition to the Home Affairs and Cyber Security portfolios, Minister Burke will also oversee immigration taking over from the beleaguered outgoing Minister for Immigration Andrew Giles.
The removal of both Ministers from their respective positions comes following ongoing scrutiny over Australia’s release of immigration detainees as part of the NZYQ high court ruling.
Under the reshuffle, the Prime Minister also confirmed that Andrew Charlton would serve as Special Envoy for Cyber Security and Digital Resilience.
Minister O’Neil took to Twitter following the announcement.
A world leading approach to Cyber Security, a clear strategy for Migration for the first time in Australian history, and critical work on foreign interference, to name a few.
— Clare O'Neil MP (@ClareONeilMP) July 28, 2024
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Liam Garman is the editor of leading Australian security and defence publications Cyber Daily and Defence Connect.
Liam began his career as a speech writer at New South Wales Parliament before working for world leading campaigns and research agencies in Sydney and Auckland. Throughout his career, Liam has managed and executed a range of international media and communications campaigns spanning politics, business, industrial relations and infrastructure. He’s since shifted his attention to researching and writing extensively on geopolitics and defence, specifically in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Strategy and Security from UNSW Canberra, with a thesis on postmodernism and disinformation operations.
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