Author: Joseph Brookes

Experts back licensing regime for platform giants

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Social media platforms and service providers like Meta and Google would need a licence to operate in Australia and be forced to fund an independent regulator under a radical...

AUKUS innovators secure $8m in contracts

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The winners of the inaugural AUKUS Innovation Challenge, Canberra firms Advanced Design Technology and Penten, have inked contracts worth $8 million to develop electronic warfare technology for Defence. The...

Services Aus seeks new faces for $1m advisory board

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A recruitment process is underway to replace the highly-paid outside advisers that former Government Services minister Bill Shorten had running the ruler over his agency’s services and myGov app....

Ombudsman investigates jobseeker system after tech stresses

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The Commonwealth Ombudsman is investigating the cancellation of income support payments after advocates warned technology glitches and slowdowns had exposed a broken system and that some cancellations were unlawful....