MORRISON GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENS AUSTRALIA’S UNIVERSITY SECTOR TO WITHSTAND FOREIGN INTERFERENCE

Portfolio, 2021, Releases

Updated guidelines to assist Australian universities strengthen their resilience to foreign interference risks, while protecting students, staff and research that contribute to Australia’s prosperity, have been released today. The updated guidelines will better address how foreign interference threats have evolved since the initial guidelines were released in 2019, and will assist universities to better identify…

MORRISON GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RURAL AND REGIONAL VICTIMS OF CYBERCRIME AND ONLINE IDENTITY THEFT

2021, Portfolio, Releases

Southeast Queenslanders continue to benefit from the Morrison Government’s record $1.67 billion investment in cyber security. The Glasshouse Mountains area will today benefit from a cyber-security outreach clinic that will increase the resilience of people in rural and regional areas to cybercriminals and support them to protect their data and online identify from theft. Minister…

NEW VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES TO PROTECT AUSTRALIA’S CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPLY CHAINS

2021, Portfolio, Releases

The Morrison Government has today released the Critical Technology Supply Chain Principles, to support businesses of all sizes securely and confidently adopt and develop the critical technologies that will drive Australia’s economic recovery and future growth. Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews said the voluntary principles would give businesses and consumers the confidence to take…

BILLS Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2022 Second Reading

All Speeches

I rise as the shadow minister for home affairs to express the coalition’s support for this legislation, the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2022. The Australian Crime Commission Act establishes the Australian Criminal Intelligence commission, the ACIC, with powers to authorise special ACIC operations and special ACIC investigations. This bill…