Tepid response to e-security review

THE Gillard government has batted aside 30 recommendations of the year-long parliamentary inquiry into High-Wire Act: Cyber Safety and the Young, accepting only two uncontroversial findings.
Twelve recommendations were accepted in principle, but any decisions will be dependent on the outcomes of a Cyber White Paper launched by former Attorney-General Robert McClelland in early June -- two weeks before the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety tabled its 600-page report on June 20.

The government quietly tabled its 24-page response to the High-Wire report late Tuesday.

The committee had received 169 submissions from individuals and organisations and heard evidence from 95 witnesses at 11 public hearings held around the country.
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