00:01In 2024, we gave new powers to the Australian Federal Police, new offences were created
00:10in terms of the distribution online or possession online of radicalised material, of violent
00:18extremist material.
00:19In the time since those laws were put in place, the Australian Federal Police have put in
00:2531 charges.
00:26Of those 31 charges, 19 are minors.
00:3219 out of the 31 people who have been charged have been minors.
00:37This feature of young people being radicalised fast online is real and the agencies, as is
00:44evident in those charges that have been brought to bear by the Australian Federal Police, have
00:50been acting on this.
00:51But establishing the centre is the next logical step in being able to make sure that our
00:58agencies can work together to be able to deal with a threat that is already there that is
01:05continuing to emerge.
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