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

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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INTERVIEW – 4BC – BREAKFAST WITH NEIL BREEN

Topics: Law enforcement success in Queensland; Scams Awareness Week; COVID-19 misinformation. NEIL BREEN: Every Wednesday I speak to the Minister for Home Affairs; Cabinet member; MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast; Karen Andrews. The Minister joins me on the line – good morning, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning, Neil. How are you? NEIL BREEN:…

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TRANSCRIPT INTERVIEW – CHANNEL SEVEN – SUNRISE

Topics: End of outbound travel exemption requirement for fully vaccinated Australians. DAVID KOCH: Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews joins us now. Minister, how significant is this step in Australia’s reopening? KAREN ANDREWS: Today is an enormously significant day. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s here now; there’s no looking back; Australia is open…

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