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Simone Blackadder is a special counsel in Baker McKenzie's IP Tech team in Sydney. Simone has been with Baker McKenzie since 2010. In her time at Baker McKenzie, Simone has spent 3 years working in London (2017-2020). Simone focuses on providing commercial contracting advice for service and outsourcing arrangements. Simone also provides advice on regulatory and privacy issues for IT, online, financial services and technology businesses. Simone regularly advises on cyber security, including compliance and cyber response incidents. While in London, Simone worked with many businesses seeking to navigate its obligations under its contracting arrangements as well as data, tech regulatory and GDPR implementation. Key industry sectors in which Simone works are TMT, consumer goods and retail and financial sectors.
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Australia: Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024

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The Australian Government takes its next step towards becoming a world cyber security leader by 2030. In brief In 2023, the Australian Government released the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. 9 October 2024 marked the latest in a series of legislative reforms in pursuit of that strategy, as the Cyber Security Legislative Package 2024 (Package) was introduced to Parliament. The Package has been referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security for inquiry and report. The Package contains…