The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) co-hosted the Child Exploitation Material (CEM) Reduction Research Program Roundtable on 1 November 2018 in Brisbane.

The event opened by the Minister for Home Affairs, the Hon. Peter Dutton MP is the first of its kind since the centre opened on 3 September 2018. The event offered an opportunity for potential research program applicants to meet stakeholders involved in addressing CEM and to hear about the range of issues that can be experienced when tackling the problem.

View the full media release at the Australian Federal Police's website.

The battle against child exploitation and abuse will be substantially boosted with the opening of the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) in Brisbane today.

Visit the Minister for Home Affairs' media releases for further detail (available from 1200 AEST).

The Turnbull Government will establish a national centre to counter child exploitation and abuse.

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) will drive a national effort to combat a global epidemic of child abuse and create a hub of expertise and specialist skills needed to disrupt, prevent and investigate exploitation.

View the full media release at the Minister Home Affairs' website.