Released 20/05/2017
Joint media release: Mick Gentleman MLA and Gordon Ramsay MLA
ACT ministers for law and policing joined their ministerial colleagues from across the country to agree to continue the fight against intimate image abuse, protect older Australians from abuse, tackle cyber crime and crack down on unexplained wealth.
The first meeting of the Law, Crime and Community Safety Council for 2017 was held yesterday in Melbourne, with Ministers from New Zealand, the Commonwealth and each state and territory with portfolio responsibility for law and justice, police, and emergency management were in attendance.
“The meeting made positive reforms in regards to justice, community safety and policing, which will help make Canberrans safer,” Minister for Police and Emergency Services Mick Gentleman said.
“In particular, the ACT Government welcomes the work to develop a national cooperative scheme across states and territories about unexplained wealth, which would help disrupt serious and organised crime. We are confident the national scheme will assist ACT Policing in its work to combat outlaw motorcycle gang activity.
“The discussions held at yesterday’s LCCSC meeting will see Canberra continue to be a safe place to live, work and play, with the development of a new national plan to combat cybercrime, which is becoming an increasing focus for law enforcement agencies,” Minister Gentleman said.
Attorney General Gordon Ramsay was particularly pleased all Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers agreed to the National Statement of Principles relating to the criminalisation of the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
“I was pleased to support these national discussions that will significantly assist in protecting Australians from having intimate images of themselves shared without their permission,” Minister Ramsay said.
The meeting also saw an important step towards protecting the rights of older Australians.
“We agreed to establish a Working Group on Protecting the Rights of Older Australians to promote collaboration between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments, in addressing the serious problem of abuse against older Australians,” Minister Ramsay said.
Members of the meeting agreed that further discussion was needed on the Commonwealth redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. All Attorneys-General agreed to hold a special meeting in July to further this important work before the full LCCSC meets again later in the year.
"Providing redress for survivors is vital, and allowing all survivors equal access is an important part of justice,” Minister Ramsay concluded.
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