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SPEAKER DETAILS
Justin Bassi, Executive Director – Australian Strategic Policy Institute
From June 2019 to March 2022, he was Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne.
Immediately prior to this, Justin was the Cyber Intelligence Mission Manager at the Office of National Intelligence, where he led the integration of cyber security and critical technologies across the National Intelligence Community.
From September 2015 to August 2018, Justin was the National Security Adviser to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He led the team advising the PM and Cabinet Ministers on Australia’s national security, defence and international relations. This included responsibility for all areas of security legislation, policy and operations, including counter terrorism, foreign interference, cyberspace, intelligence and border security.
Justin was also previously the National Security Adviser to Attorney-General George Brandis, focusing on Australia’s national security legislation, policy and activities, including counter terrorism and telecommunications security.
Prior to that, Justin spent over 10 years in the Australian Public Service, including in the intelligence community for the Office of National Assessments and at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet where he had responsibility for cyber security policy.
Jordan Newnham, Executive Director, Corporate Affairs – Cyber CX
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Jordan previously served as an adviser in Federal Parliament across the policy areas of innovation, technology and the future of work. Prior to this, Jordan worked with the ESafety Commissioner, providing strategic communications and public policy advice across a range of complex regulatory issues, including online child sexual exploitation, cyberbullying, revenge porn and countering violent extremism. Jordan’s professional career started in journalism, reporting for various media outlets across print and radio.
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