Author: Joseph Brookes

Privacy, Indigenous leaders added to govt services board

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Privacy and Indigenous affairs experts have bolstered the board advising Services minister Katy Gallagher on delivery and technology ahead of its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday. Former national...

Funding cuts rip through ANU innovation initiatives

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The future of the ANU’s data science research centre hangs in the balance due to $55 million in innovation funding cuts that have already claimed the university’s tech policy...

Govt’s big tech levy pause ‘cowering to the bully’

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The Greens have lashed a slow down on Australia’s plan to start charging online platforms that refuse to pay for news content, following a report the government is going...

Scale up specialist Peter Rossdeutscher named IISA chair

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Adjunct Professor and scale up specialist Peter Rossdeutscher has been appointed the federal government’s top innovation adviser after decades working across the quantum, mining, robotics, and startup sectors. The...

‘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...