Overview

• The Coalition has pledged $750 million for Operation Safer Communities, a crime-fighting initiative designed to bolster public safety and law enforcement resources.
• A 12-month pilot for a national child-sex offender disclosure scheme, modeled after programs in Western Australia and the UK, would allow parents to request police checks on individuals interacting with their children.
• $355 million would fund a national drug strike team to combat illicit drug importation, including enhanced border screening to intercept substances like date-rape drugs.
• The package allocates $350 million to the Australian Federal Police to tackle organized crime and drug-related offenses, along with $7.5 million to expand Crime Stoppers' operations.
• Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash emphasized the Coalition’s focus on community safety, while Labor criticized the timing of the announcement as politically motivated.