Ai Group welcomed the opportunity to make a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) on its review of the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 (Cth) (SLACIP Bill).

Overall, Ai Group is supportive of the intent behind the Bill. However, as previously raised in submissions related to the package of critical infrastructure security reforms over the last several years, we consider there are several outstanding matters that need to be addressed in the latest Bill. This was most recently raised in our submission to the Department of Home Affairs on its consultation on the SLACIP Bill Exposure Draft, which closed on 1 February 2022.