The federal government’s new site-blocking powers have been put into use, with internet service providers ordered to restrict access to eight websites hosting terrorist-related content. Following the Christchurch terrorist...
Communications
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If you have never heard of the proposed Data Sharing and Release Act you are not alone. The new legislation, which will over-ride the Privacy Act (where there are...
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The NBN is in trouble and the problems are highlighted in the NBN Co Corporate Plan 2020-23. Rollout delays, cost blowouts and an admission that it will not become...
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A federal government plan to block sites hosting “extreme and violent content” during a crisis event has been labelled a “dangerous proposition” by digital rights advocates, with the Coalition...
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Having the director-general of an intelligence agency sitting as a director on the board of Australia’s industry development organisation focused on cyber is either the best thing ever or...
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Global networking and security giant Cisco has partnered with Victoria University’s Polytechnic to open a multi-million dollar cybersecurity training centre in the heart of Melbourne’s western suburbs and with...
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The Australian government has been caught out and our system of government is now at a crossroad. It is not acceptable that our government, on the pretext of “being...
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It has been said the 1800s were the Golden Age of scams. This is when the term “con man” rose to prominence, and according to the New York Times,...
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The Queensland government, together with Powerlink Queensland and Energy Queensland, have jointly launched FibreCo Queensland to provide internet connectivity to regional Queensland at significantly lower prices. FibreCo Queensland will...
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Huawei Australia chief technology officer David Soldani has delivered a blistering assessment of Australia’s national broadband roll-out, hammering both the federal government and NBN Co as architects of the...
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The government should place data security at the centre of its efforts to develop an artificial intelligence ethics framework, according to the communications industry body. The federal government is...
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Paul Fletcher’s appointment as Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts as part of Scott Morrison’s Second Ministry leaves him with the onerous task of working through some big-ticket...
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In naming his second ministry on Sunday, Scott Morrison unveiled dramatic changes to the federal service delivery structures, as well as a new communications minister and steady-as-she-goes continuity in...
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If there is anything to be learned from the last election campaign it is that politicians still do not understand technology and the impact it has on the nation’s...