Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

DUTTON (—) (): Mr Speaker, I associate the opposition with the minister's cause in terms of sending a very clear message to those who would seek to commit offences online, against children or against elderly people in particular. This is a very serious topic. It requires an adult response, and it is important that our friends and our adversaries understand that this parliament stands united in the fight against the scourge of criminal activity online. The same rules should apply online as they do in real life. The targets that we see of institutions and systems of national significance are very real, and when we are in government, we put $9.9 billion into the Australian Signals Directorate—I know it's not a great deal of money—we bolstered the funding to the Australian cybersecurity system and we spent more on cybersecurity than any government in the country's history. So we stand united in the fight against those criminals online.

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