In a response to a question at the Senate Estimates Committee, NBN Co has failed to provide justification for chairman Ziggy Switkowski’s assertion that the National Broadband Network could...
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Kevin Rudd’s The PM Years is an interesting exercise in revisionism that has fuelled great interest in his assertion that Murdoch attacked the NBN for commercial reasons. Before we...
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The recently-passed encryption bill had the potential to “harm the economic viability and growth of Australia’s cybersecurity sector” if a series of serious concerns were not addressed, a report...
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A farcical day in the Parliament has ended with Labor caving at the last minute and passing the government’s encryption bill, just as it looked like the controversial legislation...
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At least $26 million in taxpayer funds was lost on the national crime intelligence commission’s doomed biometrics project before it was canned earlier this year. In June the ACIC...
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The Australian government has opened the door to its fifth Joint Cyber Security Centre (JCSC) in Adelaide to signal its ongoing commitment to provide platforms for public-private cyber intelligence...
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The issues paper from InnovationAus.com’s Civic Nation 2018 roundtable on National Identity & Cybersecurity has been released for download here, exploring critical policy concerns in the sector from a...
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Data management and regulation issues in the Australian government sector were all key discussion points at the Data and Analytics Policy Strategy Session held as part of InnovationAus.com’s Civic...
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Australia risks lagging other jurisdictions in the regulation of Internet of Things devices to improve cybersecurity, according to Secure Logic chief executive Santosh Devaraj, and government should be considering...
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Australia’s competition watchdog has a clear message to the NBN for its upcoming battle against 5G: You’re on your own. In a speech to the RadComms 2018 conference, ACCC...
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It is clear that 2018 has been a watershed year for cyber security across the public sector. The federal government cyber apparatus been substantially restructured, and the philosophical thinking...
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The telecommunications industry has “turned a corner” with complaints dropping in recent months as a result of new regulations and a renewed focus on customer experience, Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman...
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The federal opposition has urged for caution and proper consultation over the government’s contentious encryption bill. This led Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to accuse Labor of “playing games”...
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The federal government’s new encryption-busting legislation is needed to avoid the use of expensive third-party vendor products to get the job done, the Department of Home Affairs has claimed....