Australia will establish a new cyber intelligence centre to be led by the Office of National Intelligence to bolster the country’s security, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced at a dinner to mark the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance with the United States. Noting that shared intelligence was a major pillar of the ANZUS alliance, Morrison said the multi-agency cyber intelligence centre will ensure Australia works well, and keeps pace, with its allies and emerging technologies at a time when “changing geopolitical realities” meant cyber intelligence was “more important than ever.” “Working with non-government [research and development] partners as well, we will be able to better fund, shape, and deploy cutting-edge science, research, and technology to deliver better capabilities into the future,” Morrison said at the dinner hosted by the American Australian Association, the United States Studies Centre, and the Perth USAsia Centre at Parliament House on March 28. “Beyond defence and intelligence, today …