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The federal government is “deeply concerned” over the release of individuals convicted of murder and child sexual abuse into the community.
A decision by the High Court last week ruled indefinite detention was unlawful, triggering the release of 80 asylum seekers and refugees.
Richard Marles said the government was doing everything in its power to closely monitor individuals who have been deemed as dangerous and flagged that a full briefing on the decision had yet to be released by the top court.
“Obviously, we were in the High Court arguing against this decision so we are deeply concerned about the consequences of it which is why we’ve put those people who have been released on bridging visas which contain the strongest possible conditions on them, and we are now looking at every options available to around what more we can do, but bear in mind the full judgement hasn’t been released yet,” Mr Marles told Sky.
“We want to make sure the steps we take are legally robust.”
Major cyber warning
China has been named the main actor of state-sponsored cyber attacks against Australia amid warnings of a nationwide surge in cybercrime.
An annual cyber threat report released on Tuesday revealed 94,000 cyber incidents have been reported over the past financial year with the cost of attacks on small businesses rising on average to $46,000.
The report flagged that attacks on federal government agencies and critical infrastructure have also increased, with state-sponsored cyber hacks pinned as a serious concern. Chinese state-backed hackers were identified as a leading culprit of cyberwarfare, alongside Russia and Iran.
Foreign cyber actors are increasingly crippling local businesses, the report said, with the most common form of attack being “compromised emails”where a scammer uses email to trick someone into sending money or divulging confidential company information.
Individuals are the most vulnerable to identify fraud, online banking fraud, and online shopping fraud.
Defence Minister Richard Marles said cyber warfare was a critical issue raised with during recent conversations with China.
“We are making sure we have the best possible defence in place and there’s a range of other state-actors who have been engaged in this as well,” he said.
Xmas trade relief on the cards
China’s trade block on Australian, beef, lobster and wine could be lifted by Christmas according to the trade minister.
Don Farrell spoke ahead of a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in San Francisco.
“Issues in respect to lobster and to beef are biosecurity issues, but I remain very confident based on my meeting last week, and hopefully my meeting today, that by Christmas all of these trade impediments will be removed,” Mr Farrell told ABC RN.
China imposed sanctions worth $20bn on Australian products during the height of diplomatic tensions in 2020. Only $2bn worth of sanctions remain on Australian exports, including rock lobsters and beef.
“China has its processes to go through and we understand that – we are simply encouraging them to complete those processes.”
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