Safer communities

The Government's $150 million package for community safety will focus on supporting at‑risk youth, assisting local communities and strengthening law enforcement efforts to curb gang violence, organised crime and the illegal firearms market.

National Crime Prevention Fund

At‑risk communities will be supported by a $40.9 million National Crime Prevention Fund that will use the confiscated proceeds of crime to fund local youth mentoring and outreach programs and security infrastructure.

The highly successful Youth Off The Streets Outreach Service, run by Father Chris Riley, will be expanded to up to ten additional locations. The service provides diversionary activities

and allows young people to meet youth workers.

Police Youth Citizens Clubs and Blue Light organisations will also be funded to provide additional programs. Local councils and not‑for‑profit organisations will be funded to provide security infrastructure such as street lighting and security cameras, as well as youth outreach and mentoring programs.

Strengthening law enforcement

Community support programs will be complemented by a $64 million National Anti‑Gang Taskforce that will comprise 70 members of the Australian Federal Police and state police forces, and a new Australian Gang Intelligence Centre

to help protect our communities from gang‑related crime.

The $30.2 million National Border Targeting Centre will use an intelligence led approach to target international passengers and cargo that pose the greatest risk to our community.

A further $5.6 million will target organised crime at the waterfront, and a $9.1 million Australian Ballistics Identification Network will be rolled out across the country to enhance policy investigations into firearms crimes.