I’m sorry if this is starting to sound repetitive, but there’s still a determined attack by our federal government on online security, and it’s important that we don’t let the fight drop off as we tire of it. Since I last wrote on the topic, the first public hearing has been held by the PJCIS. Of the eleven members of the committee, four were in attendance — two from each major party. A number of people presented to the committee — you can see the full transcript in the Hansard record here.

Since that day, another three days of hearings have been announced, for 16 November in Sydney, and 27 and 30 November in Canberra. If you can get along to one of these hearings (ITPA is hoping to attend at least one of them in an official capacity), it will show the PJCIS that this legislation is very much in the public eye, and not something that the government can slip through unnoticed.

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