The federal Labor government has been accused of leaving Australians in the lurch over cybersecurity after it allegedly removed 27 cybersecurity roles from the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List.
This comes as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has said that it is receiving one report every eight minutes, compared to every seven minutes in the last financial year.
The shadow ministers for Immigration and Citizenship, and Cyber Security and Countering Foreign Interference, Dan Tehan and James Paterson, have called on the government to reverse the decision.
In a joint media release on Nov. 2, the shadow ministers said that it was extraordinary “that as Australia faces a growing threat from cyber criminals and scammers,” the federal government had removed 27 cyber-related roles from the list, making it “harder for businesses to bring talented cyber professionals to this country to work.”…