The Turnbull government will spend $70 million on a new centre for countering child exploitation, with increased police and border force numbers aimed at stamping out trafficking and live-streamed material.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton told the TODAY Show that every nine minutes a child being sexually exploited somewhere in the world appears on a web page.

He said the government wants to protect Australian children while also working with its partners in south-east Asia region and globally.

Peter Dutton told the TODAY Show that every nine minutes a child being sexually exploited somewhere in the world appears on a web page. (AAP) (AAP)

“We know kids in our own region and our own country are being trafficked and we want to stamp that out,” Mr Dutton said.

“We want to protect children and this is a massive investment to make that happen.

“The internet now allows for trafficking trade of children and allows for that material to be delivered and live-streamed, and it allows for young girls, predominately, to be sold off or promised into forced marriages.

“It’s horrific every turn.”

Mr Dutton said the money would increase the number of police, border force and other authorities put to the task of protecting Australian children.