Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021

This Act is the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

The purposes of this Act are to protect the public interest by counteracting acts of foreign interference through —

countermeasures aimed at such acts by electronic communications activity; and

countermeasures aimed at pre‑empting or preventing the occurrence of such acts involving persons identified as at‑risk because they are politically significant.