David Van (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Further to my earlier comments, as the table communique shows, the forum's participants are committed to continuing regional cooperation and capacity-building action to enhance cybersecurity and combat cybercrime. Programs such as this government's cybercooperation program, are excellent examples of partnerships between forum partners such as Australia, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vietnam. That program develops regional international cybergovernance, builds joint efforts to combat cybercrime and enhances everyone's cybersecurity capability. This is the sort of program that we need in order to bring in further partners to help build cyber-resilience around the region.

In concluding my remarks, I acknowledge the hard work of the team behind the organisation of the forum, especially Mr James Catchpole, as delegation secretary, and the secretariat team, ably led by Ms Lyn Ducker and consisting of Emma Knezevic and Siobhan Leyne. Their efforts and management of the forum resulted in a very successful event, despite the various security, weather, fire, smoke and logistical challenges involved. I thank you.

Question agreed to.