Support welcome but Labor’s decisions too little and too slow for Ukraine

The Opposition welcomes the announcement today of an additional $110 million in military and humanitarian support for Ukraine. While this assistance is desperately needed and has complete bipartisan support, its impact on the ground would likely have been far greater had it been delivered sooner. The Prime Minister confirmed this decision of additional support was…

Labor Government failing Ukraine

Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence The Albanese Government must explain why they are delaying the delivery of further assistance to Ukraine, despite urgent calls for support. It is deeply concerning that no new or additional funding for Ukraine was included in Labor’s May Budget in support of their…

Statement on the public attribution of malicious cyber activity by People’s Republic of China

Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Homes Affairs, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security   The Australian Government’s decision to join with our Five Eyes partners to publicly attribute malicious cyber activity to the People’s Republic of China is welcome.   The advisory, issued this morning by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, has…

Albanese government must explain why additional cyber assistance for Ukraine is not required

Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cyber Security   The Albanese government must explain why it has rejected official requests from Ukraine for cyber assistance to help the nation defend against malicious Russian cyber attacks and information operations. Ukrainian and Australian officials have acknowledged that Ukraine…