George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

In a fortnight's time, I will represent Australia at the Five Eyes conference in Ottawa. The principal business of that conference will be to discuss further the very high level of collaboration that already exists between those five nations on counterterrorism cooperation. But it is not merely a job for governments alone, because, as we know, terrorist recruitment, proselytisation and propaganda are mediated in social media and on the internet, and therefore the private sector also has a role to play. Particularly, I might say, is that so in an era of what has come to be known as ubiquitous encryption, so that increasingly encrypted telecommunications are the mode of communication of choice for terrorist planning. We need the cooperation of the private sector in order to address that problem. (Time expired)