Author: Justin Hendry

Watchdog’s facial recognition probe ongoing after 12 months

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Australia’s privacy watchdog is still investigating Bunnings and Kmart over the use of facial recognition technology on in-store CCTV footage more than 12 months after the controversial practice was...

‘Apprehended bias’: Court blocks SA nuclear waste dump

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A controversial nuclear waste facility planned for South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula will not go ahead in its current form after Traditional Owners won a legal challenge to stop the...

Digital ID is a zero-trust battleground

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Making Australia a top 10 digital economy and society by 2030 arguably rests on the government pioneering and perfecting a national digital identity strategy that places strong emphasis on...

US committee green-lights reforms for AUKUS tech sharing

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AUKUS technology transfer is one step closer to reality, with lawmakers in the United States approving draft legislation that incorporates reforms making it easier to issue defence export exemptions...

No Defence accelerator missions for six months

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Defence’s newly established Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) will spend at least its first six months devising problem statements and testing solutions with industry before launching its first mission...

Defence scientists want ‘stocktake’ of robotics laws

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The motley of laws and regulations that apply to robotics must be reviewed in order to pinpoint barriers and growth opportunities for the fledgling sector, the Defence Science and...

Sovereign AI key to Australia’s robotics success: Researchers

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Australia must significantly lift its investment in robotics-related artificial intelligence research to build out a sovereign robotics industry, according to 14 of the nation’s leading experts in the field....

DTA loses digital ID program responsibilities

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The Department of Finance has assumed control of the federal government $600 million-plus digital identity program, taking policy duties from the Digital Transformation Agency in the latest carve up...

Big Tech concerns with misinformation laws ‘valid’: ACMA

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Big Tech concerns with proposed misinformation and disinformation laws that will grant new powers to the Australian Communications and Media Authority are “very valid”, according to the regulator’s chair...