Justin Hendry, Author at InnovationAus.com

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‘Gutless’: Outrage as Canberra lifts PwC government work ban

Big Four consulting giant PwC has been given the all clear to resume bidding for new federal government work, leading to outrage from three senators pushing to keep the...

NSW moves to outlaw sexually explicit deepfakes

7 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

New South Wales has become the latest state to move to prohibit the creation and distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes in response to the significant increase in image-based abuse....

Ayres rules out copyright exemptions on data mining for AI

6 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Industry minister Tim Ayres says there are no immediate plans to rework copyright rules to allow tech giants like Google and OpenAI to mine text and data to train...

Digital passenger card pilot lands at Australia’s busiest airport

6 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Australia’s digital passenger card has landed at the country’s busiest international airport, with passengers on select flights arriving from across the ditch now eligible to trial the technology. In...

eSafety says YouTube, others ‘turning blind eye’ to child abuse

6 August 2025 | by Christine Chen

Australia’s internet watchdog has said the world’s biggest social media firms are still “turning a blind eye” to online child sex abuse material on their platforms, and said YouTube...

Amazon’s Kuiper beats Starlink to NBN Co satellite deal

5 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

Amazon has won a major contract with NBN Co to deliver high-speed internet services to parts of rural and regional Australia using its growing network of low-Earth orbit (LEO)...

ACT govt drops plan for dedicated space industry hub

4 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

The ACT government has abandoned plans for a dedicated space industry hub and will instead rely on the existing Canberra Cyber Hub to deliver two new programs focused on...

Could AI really boost Australia’s economy by $115bn a year?

1 August 2025 | by Uri Gal

AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim report on harnessing data and digital technology such as AI “to boost productivity...

Privacy regulator clears I-MED over consent-free sharing with AI startup

1 August 2025 | by Justin Hendry

A privacy watchdog probe into radiology giant I-MED has cleared the company of wrongdoing over handing millions of patient medical scans to local AI startup Harrison.ai. Last year, Crikey...

Microsoft and AWS are hurting cloud competition, UK says

1 August 2025 | by Paul Sandle

The dominant position of Amazon and Microsoft in cloud computing is harming competition, with their impact exacerbated by technical and commercial barriers to switching, an inquiry group from Britain’s...

Author: Justin Hendry

‘Gutless’: Outrage as Canberra lifts PwC government work ban

NSW moves to outlaw sexually explicit deepfakes

Ayres rules out copyright exemptions on data mining for AI

Digital passenger card pilot lands at Australia’s busiest airport

eSafety says YouTube, others ‘turning blind eye’ to child abuse

Amazon’s Kuiper beats Starlink to NBN Co satellite deal

ACT govt drops plan for dedicated space industry hub

Could AI really boost Australia’s economy by $115bn a year?

Privacy regulator clears I-MED over consent-free sharing with AI startup

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