Australia’s first standalone Cybersecurity Bill has been given the green light by the powerful intelligence and security committee, paving the way for its debate in Parliament later this week.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) on Monday recommended only minor changes the “urgent” bill, which forms part of a broader cybersecurity legislative package years in the making.
But with a backlog of bills already in the Senate and less than 10 sitting days before the end of the year, the federal government faces an uphill battle to pass the package this year.
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