Author: Justin Hendry

Drone incursions at Defence sites ‘deeply concerning’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A sharp rise in drone incursions at sensitive Defence sites across the country has prompted calls for the Albanese government to accelerate the rollout of counter-drone measures. Defence personnel...

Greens push one-year cap on police hacking powers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Greens hold “significant concerns” with plans to extend the life of controversial police hacking powers for another three years without the stronger safeguards proposed by the national security...

French media file competition complaint over Google AI summaries

Posted on   |  by Inti Landauro
A French press association has asked the country’s competition watchdog to take action against Google’s artificial intelligence-generated article summaries, which the trade group says deprive newspapers and magazines of...

Senate inquiry backs adding ATO data to CDR

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry and Joseph Brookes
A Senate inquiry into productivity has called for new laws to bring the Tax Office into Australia’s consumer data-sharing regime, giving banks the power to verify borrowers and stamp...

New SOCI test for data centres, cloud draws industry fire

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s peak tech industry body has warned that proposed thresholds for bringing data centres and cloud services under critical infrastructure laws are too broad, arguing that size alone should...

South Korea to launch $5bn semiconductor fund

Posted on   |  by Kyu-seok Shim and Heejin Kim
South Korea will launch a 5 trillion won semiconductor fund targeting promising chip materials, parts, equipment and fabless companies, a presidential official said, as Seoul seeks to accelerate plans...

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...