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ACCC’s Google news plan will not work

Requiring global tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for content to news organisations is misguided and simply won’t work no matter how you slice and dice this ‘world-first’...

ACCC fires back at Google ‘misinformation’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s competition watchdog has publicly rebuked search giant Google, accusing the company of spreading misinformation about a draft news media bargaining code. Google on Monday published an open letter...

Google goes to war over ad revenue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google has gone on the offensive against the Australian government’s plans to force it to enter into revenue-sharing agreements with media companies, issuing a series of threats over the...

Govt code forces tech giants to pay for news

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google and Facebook will face forced arbitration and a $10 million fine if they fail to reach an agreement on revenue-sharing with media companies within three months, under a...

ACCC opens new Google court fight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The ACCC is taking Google to court again, this time over its expanded collection and use of personal information for targeted advertising, as the competition watchdog’s crusade against the...

‘No way’ govt will switch to GApple app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There is “no way” the government will switch to the Google and Apple model for digital contact tracing, with Government Services Minister Stuart Robert’s office labelling the tech giants’...

Govt urged to ditch COVIDSafe for GApple

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...

COVIDSafe ‘extremely limited’: New research

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The effectiveness of COVIDSafe is “extremely limited” and the contact tracing app is unlikely to help prevent the spread of the virus, according to a new policy paper. The...

Tech sector builds a bridge to recovery

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The post COVID-19 recovery phase gives Australia an opportunity to set its policy levers to help dramatically grow our technology sector to its full potential over the next ten...

Pawsey partners for quantum moon shot

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia has an opportunity to build a world-leading quantum computing industry and develop important sovereign capability in the technology, according to Quantum Brilliance chief executive Andrew Horsley. Quantum Brilliance...