Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Since the Morrison government was elected to office we have passed 20 tranches of national security legislation. This legislation has ensured that Australia has the most-modern and most-up-to-date laws that deal with the reality of encryption and the ways in which terrorist groups conceal their influencing activities on the internet. This is supporting our law enforcement agencies to detect and disrupt threats as soon as possible for the safety of all Australians. All Australians should be reassured that over the Christmas period and over the new year period our officers will be working 24/7 on the front line, and there are of course many people in the Department of Home Affairs who will be supporting them in that work. On behalf of the government senators, I would like to commend those officers for the work they do to keep Australia and Australians safe.