Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the new measures included new and improved technology, increased policing and enhanced policing strategies and better international cooperation.

The measures include money to introduce full body scanners, which have previously prompted privacy concerns because people can appear naked on the image. However, Aviation Minister Anthony Albanese said technology had advanced and now screens could show ''stick figures'' instead, while still revealing anything that people should not be carrying.

''Body scanners are the best technology that is there to identify an item getting on to an aircraft, such as occurred on December 25,'' he said, referring to the allegations a man tried to set off a bomb on an American plane.

''It is also the case that since that trial was conducted, new technology has moved on and there is now digital imaging tech that is an improvement on that which was trialled. So we will be having full consultation with the privacy commissioner and other organisations, as we did with the trial. We have a responsibly to use the best tech available.''

The scanners would be introduced progressively from next year, initially as a means of secondary screening.

The new measures include $32 million for additional screening at regional airports used by large turbo-prop aircraft.