Tag: Paul Fletcher

Govt funds 5G tech trials with $20m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has folded two rounds of a $20 million 5G innovation program into one, announcing all 19 grant recipients on Sunday after what it said was high...

Govt’s online safety expectations target encryption

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Big Tech firms will be required to take “reasonable” steps to address unlawful or harmful content on their encrypted services under the federal government’s draft online safety expectations. Following...

Online Safety Bill passes Senate with amendments

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The controversial Online Safety Bill has passed the Senate and will become law after a late-night session which saw the major parties unite to wave through a number of...

‘Slippage’ in good governance in Communications

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Poor governance and rampant outsourcing are plaguing the communications portfolio, according to shadow Minister Michelle Rowland, who has warned the Coalition government’s intervention into independent entities like the ABC,...

ACMA gets $4m for bargaining code oversight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has allocated more than $4 million to the oversight of the big tech media bargaining code, despite no companies being designated under it yet. Communications Minister...

The new Online Safety Bill has been a ‘rush job’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Civil and digital rights groups say the sweeping new Online Safety Bill is a “rush job”, having been introduced to federal parliament just 10 days after government received nearly...

Bing! Microsoft ‘fully supports’ Big Tech-media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has thrown its full support behind the federal government’s media bargaining code, positioning its own search service as able to fill the void left by Google’s proposed withdrawal...

Room to wriggle: Big Tech media bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
For most of this year, the federal government has been stuck between a rock and a News Corp after announcing plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for...

NBNCo’s latest corporate plan is another lemon

Posted on   |  by Mark Gregory
The NBN has yet to be completed, the cost is now $57 billion, and the Coalition has announced a new plan for the NBN that does not withstand scrutiny....