Tag: Mitch Fifield

Govt plans to cut TIO’s role

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s plans to potentially scrap the telecommunications ombudsman and significantly change the complaints process have been slammed by consumer groups and the Opposition. The government late last...

Senate looks into ‘loot boxes’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A senate inquiry has been launched into “loot boxes” in video games, with the potential for the controversial mechanisms to be regulated or completely banned. The motion to refer...

Copyright reforms’ problem for tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian government quietly passed the Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Bill 2017 on Wednesday, but it did not go through without scrutiny altogether. Shadow minister of the digital economy...

Review ordered into TIO complaints

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has attacked its own telecommunications ombudsman after its latest report showed that NBN-related complaints had tripled in the last year. Despite the attack on the Telecommunications...

Report opens up NBN data models

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has unwittingly presented the Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a rare and unprecedented opportunity to shine a spotlight on the...

Labor reignites the games debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor is currently putting its own policy package together to support the burgeoning Australian games development sector with “holistic” initiatives to fill the gap left by the government’s...

Games industry: Not happy, Jan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has rejected nearly all the recommendations of a Senate inquiry into the local games development sector, leaving the industry “incredibly disappointed” and angry. The government tabled...

Govt misses own games deadline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government failed to meet its own year-end deadline for tabling a response to a senate report on the local games development sector, even as the ‘zombie inquiry’ approaches...

Another report ticks game fund

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new government report has recommended reinstating the games development fund, the third to do so since it was axed in the “horror” 2014 budget. The House of Representatives...