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MPs must improve tech policy debate

Parliamentarians must work to improve their understanding of technology issues in order to improve the quality debate and avoid a repeat of the controversial encryption and metadata laws, according...

Govt unveils IoT cyber guidelines

The Commonwealth has unveiled new guidelines for consumer Internet of Things devices that aim to ensure security is baked in by design. The draft voluntary security guidelines consist of...

Govt retreats on robo-debt fiasco

The federal government has abandoned the “two worst parts” of robo-debt as part of a major back-down on the controversial scheme. Under the changes, Centrelink will no longer issue...

ACS battle heads to Federal Court

A rebel group of Australian Computer Society members have commenced proceedings in the Federal Court seeking to overturn resolution to corporatise the association, citing “significant irregularities” that affected the...

Automation is a ‘social imperative’

Automation at a corporate level is a “social imperative” that can help to address declining productivity around the world, according to a new Information Technology and Innovation Foundation report....

Fair Work fight on Uber Eats starts

A Fair Work challenge against UberEats will have “enormous” implications for the regulation of the gig economy, according to Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine. The Transport Workers...

5G needs public campaign: Telstra

The government must launch a large-scale public awareness campaign to counter “misinformation” about the health risks associated with 5G technology, Australia’s largest telecommunications company says. The House of Representatives...

AI roadmap points to co-creation

The federal government has unveiled its industry roadmap for building a viable Australian artificial intelligence sector to coincide with the Karen Andrews-inspired AI Summit at Old Parliament House . The...

Aussie boardrooms lag on innovation

Australian boardrooms have not recognised the “urgent need to prioritise innovation” and were lagging the rest of the world in coming to grips with disruption, a new report has...

5G needs public campaign: Telstra

The government must launch a large-scale public awareness campaign to counter “misinformation” about the health risks associated with 5G technology, Australia’s largest telecommunications company says. The House of Representatives...

Clare O’Neill on R&D tax incentive

Industry policy is at its lowest ebb in years and federal Labor is urging government to re-examine the Turnbull-era Innovation and Science Australia 2030 report for its recommendations on...

DTA loses the plot over ID for porn

The Digital Transformation Agency’s plan to use its digital identity for age verification in accessing porn is an “own goal” that “hurts the credibility” of the program, according to...

Focus must be on private research

Government should provide more support for industry-led research rather than just focusing on university grants and incentives, according to the winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for New Innovators....

In 2019, we’re a banana republic

In 1986, then Treasurer Paul Keating said that Australia risked becoming a third-rate economy – a ‘banana republic’ – if it allowed the sophisticated industrial side of the country...