The government’s new social media laws it plans to rush through Parliament this week are “heavy-handed and pointless”, according to former government digital lead Paul Shetler. The federal government...
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has published its draft rules for the looming Consumer Data Right regime and is seeking feedback from consumers, businesses, and community organisations...
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The federal government’s highly controversial encryption legislation has been referred to an independent monitor for review by the parliament, the first time this has ever occurred. The Assistance and...
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New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has doubled-down on the state’s digital service delivery agenda with the creation of a new Customer Service ministry headed by Australia’s most outspoken...
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The Australian government quietly introduced on Friday afternoon a whole-of-government data hosting strategy to address immediate issues around risks to data sovereignty, data centre ownership and the supply chain....
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A future Shorten Government has promised it will end political interference in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) grants process. “Bill Shorten has declared that if Labor wins the upcoming...
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The federal government not releasing its electric vehicles strategy until mid-2020 is “woefully inadequate and downright irresponsible”, independent senator Tim Storer said. Prime Minister Scott Morrison committed to developing...
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Australia’s spy agency has opened up about its offensive cyber warfare capabilities as part of an effort to recruit “many hundreds of people” in the coming years. In a...
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The federal government’s controversial encryption legislation had been undermined by an unseemly rush through the Parliament that throttled its industry consultation and a lack of awareness of the reality...
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Federal Labor has committed to re-writing controversial encryption laws to reflect the recommendations of a parliamentary joint committee that was handed to Australia late last year. Opposition spokesman on...
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Leading Australian encryption technology provider Senetas will move offshore unless a series of changes are made to the government’s highly controversial Assistance and Access laws, as the local tech...
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The federal government has formed a data advisory group to help it find the “right balance” in making data available to departments while upholding privacy and confidentiality. The National...
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Facebook and other tech giants will face tough new legislation to force them to take down extremist content more quickly, with the attorney-general labeling their arguments for continued self-regulation...
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Microsoft has called for the tech sector to put aside rivalries and work together to better moderate and remove extremist content in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack....