A cyber-attack against Australia’s largest private health insurer and subsequent threats to sell the stolen customer information has been described as a “dog act” by Home Affairs minister Clare...
Digital voting has been written out of New South Wales electoral law following the Electoral Commissioner’s decision to scrap the iVote system until after the 2023 state election, as...
Renowned statistician and data scientist Professor Bronwyn Harch has been appointed interim Queensland Chief Scientist while the state government searches for a permanent replacement. Professor Harch assumed the top...
A national inquiry into identity and data sharing is “absolutely necessary” in the wake of the Optus data breach, according to New South Wales Minister for Customer Service and...
The Western Australian police will retain personal information collected by the state’s COVID-19 border management system for at least 25 years, before archiving it indefinitely, the state government has...
An in-house consulting unit will be established within the federal government to provide professional services to agencies, reducing the reliance on external consultants, while contractors will be used “only...
Challenges generally bring out the best in Australians. Floods, bushfires, drought and even a global pandemic show that our society is adept at standing together to find a way...
A new micro-credentialing program from Google has launched to train Australians in digital skills of “high demand” in six months or less, with 10,000 free scholarships to be offered...
The use of facial recognition by law enforcement is “misunderstood” and there is no agreed definition of high-risk applications, according to NSW Police, which has defended employing the controversial...
Exemptions to privacy laws for political parties should be ditched in the wake of mass unsolicited spam texts and other attempts to spread misinformation during this year’s election campaign,...