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

In terms of emerging threats, the digital world is now the new frontier that organised crime, terrorists and state-sponsored actors are using to threaten Australia and to threaten our way of life. The government is investing almost $1.7 billion, through our Cyber Security Strategy, to position Australia to meet these evolving threats and to improve capabilities to identify and disrupt cybersecurity threats. In April this year, the foreign minister released the International Cyber and Critical Technology Engagement Strategy, to ensure we can develop global cyber-resilience and tackle issues of cross-border cyberthreats that are growing in intensity and in frequency. As the foreign minister knows, by working with our national partners and investing in our own capabilities, we can work to both minimise and disrupt cybersecurity threats by these organisations.