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Labor counters Chinese threats to sea cables, as it creates hacking ‘human firewall’

· By Paul Sakkal
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The threat of China severing sea cables to cut Australia’s internet access has pushed Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to launch a security assessment into seabed security, as Labor boosts training among office workers to avoid a catastrophic hacking incident.

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