The Business Council of Australia (BCA) represents over 130 of Australia’s leading businesses. Our members include some of Australia’s largest banking, telecommunications and technology companies. We champion the role that responsible businesses play in generating sustainable economic growth and advocate for policy settings that are in the national interest.

We welcome this opportunity to provide a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) on the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024.

The BCA supports improvements to Australia’s cyber security settings. Australians deserve cyber protections, and businesses should be supported in their efforts to be cyber secure in an increasingly challenging global environment.

On 11 September 2024, the BCA provided a lengthy submission on the Exposure Draft of the reforms. We are pleased to see many of our recommendations incorporated into the Bill that was introduced into Parliament and is now before the PJCIS for review.

Our current submission highlights a few remaining issues the BCA considers important to reconsider.

Read our full submission here.