James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the minister's defence of our professional public servants and the intelligence community. Can you confirm reports that the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is now a regular attendee of the National Security Committee? Why does the government think that this person has superior insights on national security to the directors-general of ASIO and ASIS?