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• Dutton backs ‘sensible discussion’ of expanded role for ASD

  Home Affairs minister says he doesn’t support the ASD conducting domestic spying operations

• ASD head details Australia’s ‘offensive cyber’ operations

  Australian Signals Directorate head Mike Burgess has revealed unprecedented detail about the agency’s offensive operations

• Government says ‘state actor’ hacked Australian political parties’ networks

  Networks of Liberal, National and Labor parties penetrated, prime minister says

• Rackspace added to government cloud list

  Rackspace DHE suitable for processing unclassified data, Australian Cyber Security Centre says

• Government agencies ordered to block online ads, Flash

  New cyber security guidelines for government released

• ASD chief defends Huawei 5G ban

  Decision “not taken likely,” says ASD director-general Mike Burgess