Author: Joseph Brookes

‘Extraordinary’: Scams bill rammed through Senate

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Banks, telcos and online platforms like Google and Facebook will be subject to new rules and $50 million penalties after federal Parliament passed world-first anti-scam laws on Thursday. But...

Ombudsman armed with new powers to avoid Robodebt repeat

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New laws forcing agencies to cooperate with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and surrender documents have passed parliament, in the latest part of the government’s response to the Robodebt royal commission....

Committee calls for sweeping changes to workplace AI rules

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A Parliamentary inquiry that heard evidence of rising worker surveillance, excessive data collection and unfair automated decision tools has called for artificial intelligence in the workplace to be classified...

Defence brews up $16m mystery cloud platform

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Defence has inked its biggest cloud deal with Amazon Web Services to build a new mystery platform on the American hyperscaler’s infrastructure. The department declined to say exactly what...

Wollongong hydrogen pioneer links with Saudi energy giant

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Wollongong manufacturer Hysata will build a commercial-scale demonstration hydrogen production system with its ultra efficient electrolysers in Saudi Arabia in a tie up with an energy giant powering the...

French ‘revolution’: Macron goes all in on AI

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A $179 billion AI investment has put France “back in the game”, French President Emmanuel Macron has told a global summit in Paris while pitching lighter touch regulation, more...

VC veteran leading Breakthrough Victoria into next stage

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Venture capitalist Rod Bristow is the new head of Breakthrough Victoria, joining the company responsible for the state government’s $2 billion innovation fund on Monday with a pledge to...

Australia’s Top Secret cloud and the battle for sovereignty

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Australia’s $2 billion Top Secret cloud is sorely needed by defence and intelligence agencies that have fallen years behind the private sector, allies and some adversaries. But the government’s...