Clare O'Neil (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Sometimes the facts hurt. This report found that the minister and her office had interfered inappropriately with the work of the Public Service, and demonstrated that the former government put their political interests above the national interest. This is an approach that I see right across the Home Affairs portfolio.

The House will remember that one of the first actions of the former member for Cook on becoming prime minister was to abolish the cybersecurity ministry. Well, haven't their chickens come home to roost on that one! Australia has just experienced its two worst ever cyberattacks within three weeks of one another. The Australian government in the last six months—

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