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FIVE laptop computers worth about $30,000 have been stolen from
Parliament House in what appears to have been an inside job.

The laptops could allow hackers access to the parliamentary network, a
Senate committee heard today.

They were taken over a short period of time from secured areas at
parliament.

Parliamentary official Robert Alison said the laptops appeared to have
been taken by parliamentary workers or visitors with security
clearance.

"It seems strange to me that four or five computers would disappear in
a short time, which says to me that there may be a market for them,"
Mr Alison said.

"One of the concerns is that all five of those computers were taken
from what we call the private areas of Parliament House, so presumably
the person or persons who took them was a passholder of some sort."

Mr Alison, the Usher of the Black Rod, said the laptops were protected
by passwords but acknowledged their contents were not 100 per cent
safe.
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