A committee report from of the last parliament is still being considered

Liberal Senator James Paterson is not letting being in opposition deter his concerns on cyber security – he’s campaigning on data safety for TikTok users in Australia.

It continues his work as chair of the previous Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, which exercised universities mightily last year with an inquiry into foreign interference on campus. Its report in March was comprehensive with top-level recommendations requiring work by the Universities Foreign Interference Taskforce (CMM March 28),

But that could have been that, with the election called before the previous government responded.

However  learned readers point to Education Minister Jason Clare referring to the committee’s work in his comprehensive agenda setting speech to Universities Australia, ;as week. “We’re working on our response to that inquiry now, and it will reflect the value we place on the integrity and independence of Australian research and our shared interest in strengthening our nation’s security and resilience,” Mr Clare said.