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Labor will rewrite encryption laws

Federal Labor has committed to re-writing controversial encryption laws to reflect the recommendations of a parliamentary joint committee that was handed to Australia late last year. Opposition spokesman on...

Senetas ready to pull up stumps

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Leading Australian encryption technology provider Senetas will move offshore unless a series of changes are made to the government’s highly controversial Assistance and Access laws, as the local tech...

A tech coalition of the concerned  

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A broad coalition of more than 300 people working in or around the tech sector will gather in Sydney on Wednesday morning to put a voice to concerns about...

A tech coalition of the concerned  

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A broad coalition of more than 300 people working in or around the tech sector will gather in Sydney on Wednesday morning to put a voice to concerns about...

MPs excluded from encryption laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The only people in Australia specifically excluded from the controversial encryption laws are the very people who rushed the legislation through on the final sitting day of 2018, our...

Tech galvanises on encryption laws

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A coalition of tech sector business leaders and industry groups have come together at the eleventh hour to voice concerns to government about its controversial new encryption laws, the...

Thodey precinct review released

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW Government has quietly released its David Thodey-led review of its multi-billion dollar Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct proposal, a document that is big on vision but falls...

Labor commits to encryption reform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor would work with industry to fix controversial encryption legislation and pass the baseline recommendations of the Parliament’s joint committee on intelligence and security if it elected to...

David Thodey’s precinct advisers

Posted on   |  by James Riley
David Thodey hopes to attract federal infrastructure funding to the just-announced Technology and Innovation Precinct in Sydney, and says the ambitious project will include residential development and a broad...

NSW’s new tech mega precinct

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The New South Wales government has announced initial plans for a potentially vast new tech precinct in central Sydney – to be “Australia’s Silicon Valley” – but has declined...