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AFP urging parents to keep children safe online these school holidays
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is urging parents and carers to educate themselves about technology gifted to their children this holiday season.
Some technology can be connected to the internet, meaning children can communicate with strangers, without the knowledge of parents.
The AFP recommends parents and carers supervise young people when they are playing games, communicating or watching programs.
It is also important caregivers understand how technology their children are using works and connects online.
The AFP has charged 187 people with 1,966 alleged child abuse-related offences this year.
Minister for Families and Social Services
(Manager of Government Business in the Senate)
Senator the Hon Anne Ruston
Joint media release
The Morrison Government has continued to make significant progress during 2020 towards implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The progress is outlined in the third Annual Progress Report – tabled in Parliament today – which outlines the ongoing work to protect and improve the safety and wellbeing of children in institutions across the country.
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, significant reforms were introduced including:
The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Act 2020 became law. This law introduced new third party grooming offences, increased maximum penalties and introduced compulsory minimum sentences for the most serious Commonwealth child sex offences as well as for repeat offenders.
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Tasmanian man charged for accessing significant amounts of child exploitation and bestiality material
A 29-year-old Tasmanian man has today been charged with child exploitation and bestiality offences after authorities executed a search warrant at a Tasman Peninsula property this morning (Thursday, 10 December 2020).
The Tasmanian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET), comprising Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Tasmania Police members, charged the man with accessing and possessing significant amounts of child abuse material.
The Tasmanian JACET executed the search warrant at the man’s Tasman Peninsula home following reports to the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) via the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the United States.