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Defamation change for digital platforms?

New defamation laws have been given the green light to be implemented by mid-2020, but more significant changes that would see digital platforms treated like publishers have been deferred...

Thanks a lot, we look like idiots

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The tech sector was dismayed by the passage of the Assistance and Access bill on the chaotic last sitting day of 2018. The industry had been blind-sided by the...

PM threatens tech execs with jail

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Facebook and other tech giants will face tough new legislation to force them to take down extremist content more quickly, with the attorney-general labeling their arguments for continued self-regulation...

Govt funds gig economy platform

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The federal government will spend $1.4 million on a platform to push just 80 unemployed young Australians into gig economy work with the likes Uber and Airtasker in a...

Data61 out of drug-test business

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The CSIRO has confirmed that its data branch Data61 is no longer working on the government’s controversial welfare drug testing scheme, as the first location for the trial has...

Labor to reject drug test bill

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The Opposition will vote against the government’s welfare drug testing legislation, leaving the future of the controversial scheme in serious doubt. A Labor caucus meeting on Monday decided to...

CSIRO silent on drug testing

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The CSIRO’s involvement with the government’s drug testing of welfare recipients is still up in the air as new documents reveal the organisation has still not signed a contract...

CSIRO: Robo-debt and drug tests

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
CSIRO has still not officially agreed to allow its Data61 analytics unit to become involved in the government’s highly contentious welfare drug testing program, a Senate estimates hearing has...

CSIRO ‘not told’ of drugs project

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
CSIRO was not consulted about a controversial program to drug test welfare recipients before a Cabinet minister announced that its Data61 analytics unit would be a key player in...

Vic privacy chief slams drug tests

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Victorian Privacy Commissioner has slammed the federal government’s plan to “randomly” drug test new welfare recipients, as the scheme faces a tough path through Parliament. Victorian Commissioner for...