Turnbull warns on infrastructure security after 2020 âreality checkâ
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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned Australiaâs shift to clean energy will expose critical infrastructure to cyber attacks.
Speaking after Turnbull & Partners expanded its cyber security investment portfolio to include US-based Dragos, he warned the federal government to be âhumbleâ about impending new legislation.
Malcolm Turnbull has invested in another cyber security firm, Dragos, which is protecting Australian energy utilities from a rising threat.Â
James Brickwood
Washington, DC-based Dragos defends the operational systems technology of many large oil and gas and electricity companies in North America.
It is expanding in Australia and is being used by Jemena to defend its gas pipeline infrastructure on the east coast, and by another major Australian energy company.
Australiaâs lure will last only as long as its reform
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Australiaâs economic outperformance and successful pandemic management has set the country up as a magnet for global talent and investment, but risks remain that this headstart in 2021 could be lost without a stronger reform agenda.
Josh Frydenberg says skills reform is high on the list of priorities.Â
Alex Ellinghausen
Consumers are out shopping, business is investing again for the first time in years, confidence is back at record highs and more than 90 per cent of the 1.3 million Australians who either lost their jobs or saw their working hours reduced to zero at the start of the pandemic have returned to work.