Joseph Brookes, Author at InnovationAus.com

Policy

Tech sector unites to lash Chalmers’ CGT carve out plan

Treasury’s planned tax concession for innovative companies from capital gains tax changes won’t be enough to stop founders and investors heading offshore, an alliance of tech leaders and industry...

NYT-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute

10 July 2026 | by Blake Brittain

A group of newspapers including the New York Times and New York Daily News asked a federal court in Manhattan on Thursday to sanction OpenAI in their high-stakes copyright...

Without a real plan, data centres will exploit Australia, experts warn

9 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

Leading academics have called for a halt on data centre fast tracking in Australia until a new national regulatory framework is in place to drive more accountability and community...

Cops’ data-without-borders law under review

8 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

The legislation allowing US and Australian law enforcement authorities to seize data from people’s social media and emails accounts to counter serious crime will be reviewed by Parliament’s joint...

AI hasn’t upended labour market yet: Govt report

8 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

A first of its kind report by the federal government says artificial intelligence is not yet disrupting Australia’s labour market, despite several reports the technology is a growing factor...

Queensland holds out on data centre energy principles

7 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

Queensland Energy minister David Janetzki won’t sign his state up to new principles aimed at managing a wave of new data centres, such as requiring proponents to invest in...

Qld wraps govt tech investments in ‘new level of rigour’

7 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

All spending out of the Queensland government’s $1 billion digital fund will be reviewed and monitored by a new whole of government oversight committee in an effort to deduplicate...

Accenture’s election tech deal leaps to $67m in six months

7 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

An outsourced technology project to operationalise new political donation disclosures and election spending cap laws has more than doubled in contracted costs to almost $67 million in six months,...

Meta exec unable to explain 79pc drop in hateful content blocks

6 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

Policy changes introduced last year by tech giant Meta to avoid censorship preceded a 79 per cent reduction in the amount of harmful content being hidden or removed from...

Upgrades locked in for Australia’s biosecurity fortress facility

3 July 2026 | by Joseph Brookes

The biggest upgrade to Australia’s frontline defence against deadly pathogens will begin within months, with new ultra secure biosecurity labs to be built and existing infrastructure upgraded at a...

Author: Joseph Brookes

Tech sector unites to lash Chalmers’ CGT carve out plan

NYT-led group asks court to sanction OpenAI in US copyright dispute

Without a real plan, data centres will exploit Australia, experts warn

AI hasn’t upended labour market yet: Govt report

Queensland holds out on data centre energy principles

Qld wraps govt tech investments in ‘new level of rigour’

Accenture’s election tech deal leaps to $67m in six months

Meta exec unable to explain 79pc drop in hateful content blocks

Upgrades locked in for Australia’s biosecurity fortress facility

Guide

Categories

SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRIES

Privacy

EDITORIAL CONTACT

COMMERCIAL CONTACT

Search Filters Clear All

Author: Joseph Brookes