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Stiglitz backs Australia’s Big Tech media code

Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has thrown his support behind Australia’s proposed mandatory news bargaining code for big tech companies, but said the...

Media, Big Tech code by the end of the year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government still plans to introduce legislation imposing a bargaining code between tech giants and media companies, with Google outlining its conditions for agreeing to such a concept. The...

Consumer Data Right powers shifted from ACCC

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The competition watchdog will lose most of its oversight powers for the Consumer Data Right with the federal government to bring decision-making powers in-house for the scheme under draft...

‘Right to erasure’ considered in Privacy review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will consider introducing a direct right of action to enforce privacy obligations, a right to erasure and a statutory tort of privacy as part of a...

ACCC chief seeks tighter Big Tech regulation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Competition tsar Rod Sims has pushed for further regulation of Big Tech, including strengthened merger rules and unfair practices prohibitions. Mr Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and...

Govt must prepare for life after Big Tech: Report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to fast-track significant privacy reforms, put a cap on contracts handed to tech giants and invest in the startup sector in order to address an over-reliance...

Gov’t vs ACCC: The NBN cold war turns hot

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The government’s efforts to strong-arm the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to adopt a favourable position on NBN Co’s wholesale prices, business market competition and spectrum allocation have...

ACCC zeroes in on construction sector data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian competition watchdog is “prioritising” investigation of the construction sector amid concerns that large software providers are charging exorbitant rates to transfer data to other providers and maintain...

Privacy office is still ‘severely underfunded’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s regulator for privacy and freedom of information missed all but one of its performance goals in the last year, leading to concerns the agency is “severely underfunded” and...

Govt cut ABC and SBS from tech news code: Sims

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
It was the government’s decision to exclude the ABC and SBS from the news content bargaining code with Google and Facebook rather than the competition watchdog which designed the...