Australia’s trial of age assurance technology used a “mystery shopping” company that tried to recruit its own staff to test options like facial and voice analysis, according to insiders’...
Communications minister Anika Wells on Tuesday signalled online safety laws will be changed to restrict access to apps that ‘nudify’ or enable undetectable stalking. Platforms will be forced to...
The Albanese government is facing calls to rethink its social media ban for under-16s after the final report from an independent age assurance trial revealed shortcomings with all of...
Liberal and Nationals senators have sided with the Greens to set up a parliamentary probe into the federal government’s social media ban for under-16s and search engine age verification....
YouTube will be included in Australia’s world-first ban on social media for teenagers, the federal government announced on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the platform. Australia’s eSafety...
The federal Opposition has demanded that government release the research underpinning the eSafety Commissioner’s decision to include YouTube in its social media ban, saying the uncertainty of incomplete information...
In this episode of Commercial Disco, host James Riley and InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry discuss the Cabinet reshuffle following the Albanese government’s landslide victory in the May federal election....
The announcement of the second Albanese ministry gives us some idea of how seriously it will execute its second term economic agenda. Initial reaction has been shaped by the...
Manufacturing advocate and former Future Made in Australia assistant minister Tim Ayres has been named Australia’s new Industry minister, replacing Ed Husic after he was spectacularly dumped from the...
As the federal government approaches the deadline for providers to connect with its $150 million aged care software, an unexpected shift to phased requirements is raising questions and suppliers’...