The federal government’s highly controversial robo-debt scheme has been labelled a “fiasco” that risks seeing the government “stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia” by a United Nations expert...
Policy
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has begun consulting on the privacy rules surrounding the government’s controversial Consumer Data Right, with plans to reach out to FinTechs and...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
A major review into the government’s controversial new encryption powers has been pushed back by nearly six months after the independent security monitor asked for more time to look...
Posted on
| by James Riley
On a big day of movements at the digital transformation end of the public sector in Australia, NSW Customer Service secretary Glenn King has left the public service, while...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The NSW Government is seeking feedback on its proposed 24-hectare Central Precinct development, and for the first time has made public its rezoning and development plans for what would become...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s controversial plan to privatise parts of the visa processing system would lead to greater data security risks and could adversely impact the nation’s inflows of skilled...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The government’s controversial plan to abolish innovation patents has been approved by Parliament, in a move branded “very disappointing” and “ridiculous” by the nation’s peak IP body. Innovation patents...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has a “right to call out” China on cybersecurity attacks and intellectual property theft, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has said. Mr Dutton launched a scathing...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
Australia’s recently passed encryption laws may undermine the federal government’s hopes of securing a data-sharing deal with the United States, a US House Committee has confirmed. Home Affairs Minister...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The federal government must reinstate the position of Minister for Cybersecurity as part of the updated 2020 national Cyber Security Strategy, the Opposition and industry figures have said. The...
Posted on
| by James Riley
Four years after it was unveiled as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the CSIRO is preparing to shutter its $20 million entrepreneur-focused science accelerator program known...
Posted on
| by James Riley
The federal government has begun negotiating a new data-sharing agreement with the US, amid concerns about whether the recently passed encryption laws will jeopardise these talks, and the impact...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The government-imposed staffing cap at its primary science agency has put innovation “under threat”, according to the Opposition. The Coalition’s Average Staffing Level cap, introduced in 2015-16 with an...
Posted on
| by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has ramped up its fight against the big global tech companies and the various encryption services the offer as part of a push to pressure Facebook...