Author: Joseph Brookes

Scientists reject plan for mandatory IP agreements

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The government will be “tying the hands” of universities and businesses by forcing them to use standardised IP agreements, the peak body for scientists has warned in response to...

‘Don’t stop’ at 2050 net zero: Andrew Liveris

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Net zero emissions by 2050 is the minimum target Australia needs to improve its economy, according to Andrew Liveris, who has urged the federal government to commit to the...

Deloitte’s slice of sovereignty scheme clouded in mystery

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The agency administering Australia’s data sovereignty scheme won’t say when it became aware of a foreign company’s plan to acquire Canberra-based cloud provider Sliced Tech or whether the acquisition...

Privacy breach: 7-Eleven secretly scanned customer faces

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7-Eleven violated its customers’ privacy by secretly collecting their facial images at 700 stores over the last year for demographic profiling and data verification, the regulator has determined after...