PM Julia Gillard says the first Australian national security strategy will focus on Asia. Source: AAP
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has unveiled a new vision for Australia's security, with a focus on enhanced regional engagement and stronger defences against the rising cyber threat.
Ms Gillard said the terror attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001 launched the decade of national security, a time of rapid ramp-up of resources.
Now is a period of consolidation and national security arrangements have to adapt and respond, harnessing information, ideas and capabilities from all sources and prioritising spending in a clear-headed way.
Ms Gillard said this would be an era in which the behaviour of states, not terror groups, would be the most important driver and shaper of Australia's national security thinking.
The Prime Minister released the new 48-page strategy document at the Australian National University National Security College, an institution created by her predecessor Kevin Rudd.
In 2008, Mr Rudd presented the first national security statement.
Ms Gillard said the new strategy built on that statement, guiding Australia's response to risks and identifying the main challenges and threats to national security.
"Our principal national security focus will be on our own region, as the global economic and strategic centre-of-gravity continues to move east, bringing great opportunities but also risks and challenges that must be managed," she said on Wednesday.
Ms Gillard said the move for enhanced regional engagement acknowledged the shift to this region and the need for security as the indispensable foundation of prosperity.
That meant the strategic landscape was becoming more crowded and complex.
"But it also remains true that it is the relationship between China and the United States that more than any other will determine the temperature of regional affairs in coming decades," she said.
Ms Gillard said Australia was an attractive target for a range of malicious cyber threats, from politically-motivated hackers and criminal networks to nation states.
The government has already contributed substantial funding towards cyber security. As a next step, the government will create a Cyber Security Centre.
That will combine existing cyber security capabilities across the Attorney-General's Department, Defence, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission in a single location.
"Malicious cyber activity will likely be with us for many decades to come, so we must be prepared for a long, persistent fight," she said.
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