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Big Tech at odds with governments over data localisation

State and territory governments and the national science agency are urging the federal government to explore data localisation requirements for both government and critical infrastructure providers, putting themselves at...

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

7 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...

‘Big dollars’ are needed to fix visa processing systems: O’Neil

2 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government will need to spend “big dollars” fixing Australia’s visa processing systems, Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil has acknowledged while ruling out any new funding in the...

10-year cyber strategy to be recast by Labor

19 August 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The new Labor government will significantly revise the former Coalition government’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy to account for pandemic developments and the growing threat landscape. The update will focus...

Health agency’s $27 million Global Switch exit running late

21 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Australian Digital Health Agency’s mandated move out of a Chinese owned data centre cost more than $27 million and is running late, missing the government’s deadline for a...

Home Affairs’ critical infrastructure issues exposed in ANAO report

22 June 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Serious issues in the Home Affairs department’s governance and enforcement of critical infrastructure protection have been exposed by the National Audit Office, which identified deficiencies in compliance activities, risk...

Australia finally has a dedicated minister for cyber security. Here’s why it’s important

6 June 2022 | by Ivano Bongiovanni

On Tuesday, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his government’s first full ministry, with Victorian member Clare O’Neil appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security....

Opportunity to ‘undo’ raft of surveillance powers passed by Coalition

2 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The restructuring of the Home Affairs Department by the new Labor government and the ongoing review of surveillance powers offers an opportunity to “undo” many of the privacy-invasive digital-focused...

Govt to make its voluntary IoT cybersecurity standards mandatory

12 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Existing cybersecurity standards for smart devices will be made mandatory by the federal government but device security labels will be voluntary under a Coalition election pledge. Home Affairs Minister...

Govt digital passenger app only works a quarter of the time

4 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s $60 million Digital Passenger Declaration is “error riddled” and only works a quarter of the time, according to the public sector union. The Digital Passenger Declaration...

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Big Tech at odds with governments over data localisation

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

‘Big dollars’ are needed to fix visa processing systems: O’Neil

10-year cyber strategy to be recast by Labor

Health agency’s $27 million Global Switch exit running late

Home Affairs’ critical infrastructure issues exposed in ANAO report

Australia finally has a dedicated minister for cyber security. Here’s why it’s important

Opportunity to ‘undo’ raft of surveillance powers passed by Coalition

Govt to make its voluntary IoT cybersecurity standards mandatory

Govt digital passenger app only works a quarter of the time

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