Cyberspace law centre to help combat online complacency.(Baker and McKenzie Cyberspace Law and...

AUSTRALIA NEEDS TO BE MORE pro-active in addressing issues of crime and security in the online world if our expertise is to realise long-term national benefits, according to John Rimmer, the head of the Federal Government's National Office of Information Economy (NOIE).

Speaking before the launch of the Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the University of NSW, Rimmer warned: "We've got policy analysts and engineers who are up there with the best in the world but there's some complacency about trust and security issues."

The Centre is the fi