Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As we saw through Operation Ironside, organised crime and terrorist organisations are getting more sophisticated in their use of technology in their attempts to harm Australians. Over 95 per cent of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's most dangerous counterterrorism targets use encrypted communications. The Morrison government has bolstered our security agencies with increased funding to continue current operations and also to expand operations to keep finding and fighting extremism online. We've also updated our legislative framework with such legislation as the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018. This has provided the appropriate powers to our security agencies to capture criminals and to stop the spread of extremist material online as technology develops.