Critical infrastructure laws ripe for overhaul, review finds


Australia’s critical infrastructure laws are complex, duplicative and ill-equipped to respond to the emerging technological or geopolitical risks now facing the country, an independent review has found.

The review into the Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act, released on Tuesday, calls for “major legislative change”, including new penalties to give the “toothless” regulatory framework more bite.

Led by veteran cybersecurity academic Dr Jill Slay, the review examined whether the …

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