The Australian competition watchdog is suing Google over the way the tech giant collects, keeps and uses the personal location data of its users. The Australian Competition and Consumer...
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The New South Wales government aims to sharpen its focus on the deep tech end of the research and development spectrum with the appointment of a senior advisory council...
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The federal government has floated an idea to use its facial recognition technology to verify the age of Australians trying to access pornography online. In a submission to a...
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The government’s controversial plan to privatise aspects of the visa system could lead to other disasters like the robo-debt scandal, the public sector union has warned. In a submission...
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The new Services Australia department provides an opportunity to improve the digital delivery of government services, but it cannot just replicate its NSW counterpart and rely on outsourcing, according...
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The federal government’s plans for a national facial recognition system are in disarray after a bipartisan committee ordered the legislation be completely redrafted due to privacy and transparency concerns....
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Australian Computer Society members have approved a comprehensive restructuring of the organisation by the narrowest of margins, with 75.1 per cent of the eligible voters approving the changes. The...
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The fight for control of the Australian Computer Society and its tens of millions of dollars in annual revenues will come to a head in Sydney on Friday as...
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The federal government’s troubled digital identity program will not be a repeat of the doomed Australia Card and will actually be “privacy-enhancing”, according to the Digital Transformation Agency. The...
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A new Senate inquiry into the FinTech sector should be the first step in the development of a national policy agenda for the sector, according to FinTech Australia general-manager Rebecca...
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A record number of superannuation funds have contributed to AirTree Ventures’ latest $275 million fund, with the VC firm bringing in six institutional investors. AirTree Ventures announced the close...
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A lack of funding has led to increasing delays and backlogs at the national privacy and information watchdog, with skyrocketing FOI and privacy complaints. The Office of the Australian...
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The federal government’s two taxpayer-funded digital identity offerings are set to get some major competitors, with the big banks finalising their own digital identity framework. The Payment Systems Board...
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A “very interesting” report on the hacking of the networks of Australia’s three largest political parties and Parliament by a “sophisticated state actor” is unlikely to ever be made...