Tag: CSIRO

Labor to reject drug test bill

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Opposition will vote against the government’s welfare drug testing legislation, leaving the future of the controversial scheme in serious doubt. A Labor caucus meeting on Monday decided to...

Suddenly space is really, really big

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The US famously went from nowhere to the moon in ten years, so maybe Australia can get a space agency up and running in three times that time period....

CSIRO silent on drug testing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO’s involvement with the government’s drug testing of welfare recipients is still up in the air as new documents reveal the organisation has still not signed a contract...

CSIRO: Robo-debt and drug tests

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO has still not officially agreed to allow its Data61 analytics unit to become involved in the government’s highly contentious welfare drug testing program, a Senate estimates hearing has...

CSIRO ‘not told’ of drugs project

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
CSIRO was not consulted about a controversial program to drug test welfare recipients before a Cabinet minister announced that its Data61 analytics unit would be a key player in...

CSIRO and the politics of data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
You have to wonder how the CSIRO found itself used as an elaborate prop in the delivery of a mean-spirited and pointless political wedge via Treasurer Scott Morrison’s second...

Vic privacy chief slams drug tests

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian Privacy Commissioner has slammed the federal government’s plan to “randomly” drug test new welfare recipients, as the scheme faces a tough path through Parliament. Victorian Commissioner for...

Privacy code to cover drug data

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Federal Government has agreed to the creation of a new privacy code to apply to the Australian Public Service following a series of high-profile and embarrassing data debacles...

Data-driven drug tests a disaster

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government’s new “data-driven profiling” method for drug testing welfare recipients risks running into the same issues as its robo-debt tool and poses a serious privacy risk, the Opposition...