Cybersecurity, Foreign Interference Among Biggest Issues Australia Is FacingAustralia is facing "the most dangerous set of strategic circumstances" since the Second World War, according to the Home Affairs Minister.
Speaking at the National Press Club on Thursday, Clare O'Neil addressed issues she says Australia is facing, namely cybersecurity, foreign interference, immigration and climate change.
She said "new tools of statecraft" are bringing "what otherwise might be global security issues" into Australians' everyday lives.
"It's felt in our economy, where we are waking from a cyber slumber," she said.
"It's felt in our private lives, where our identities are vulnerable, and personal information is at risk. It's felt in business and research, where Australia's hard-won innovations are at constant risk of theft....
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