Australian Government Accused of Leaving Country in the Lurch on Cyber Security

Broken Ethernet cable in front of binary code and words "cyber security" in a photo illustration taken on March 8, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

The federal Labor government has been accused of leaving Australians in the lurch over cybersecurity after it allegedly removed 27 cybersecurity roles from the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List.

This comes as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has said that it is receiving one report every eight minutes, compared to every seven minutes in the last financial year.