Turnbull announces the creation of a new super ministry

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in Canberra, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Source: AAP

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the creation of a new super ministry to manage national security.

A new portfolio of Australia's immigration border protection and domestic security agencies will be created.

ASIO, the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force will all report directly to Peter Dutton, who has been appointed to the newly created post of Home Affairs Minister.

Mr Turnbull is calling it the most significant reform of Australia's national intelligence and domestic security arrangements and their oversight in more than 40 years.

Attorney General George Brandis says for the first time Australians will have a senior cabinet minister whose exclusive focus is on national security

Justice Minister Michael Keenan says bringing all the enforcement agencies together under one authority is the way forward.

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