Tag: Google

Media bargaining code is ‘still unworkable’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google is still not happy with the federal government’s media bargaining code and has indicated it may not accept the final version if it remains unchanged. Legislation implementing a...

Fresh calls for an inquiry into COVIDSafe app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
COVIDSafe did nothing to help combat the second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria, according to a state parliament report, while a federal Parliamentary committee has called for an independent...

Room to wriggle: Big Tech media bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
For most of this year, the federal government has been stuck between a rock and a News Corp after announcing plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for...

Stiglitz backs Australia’s Big Tech media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has thrown his support behind Australia’s proposed mandatory news bargaining code for big tech companies, but said the...

Industry joins forces to boost digital literacy

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
In March this year, with COVID-19 starting to impact the Australian economy, the Federal Minister for Industry, Science, and Technology Karen Andrews convened a virtual roundtable of technology company...

Media, Big Tech code by the end of the year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government still plans to introduce legislation imposing a bargaining code between tech giants and media companies, with Google outlining its conditions for agreeing to such a concept. The...

The future of drones across Australian industry

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
There’s a huge potential for Australia’s drone industry because in many ways we are world leaders in drone regulation and usage, but one of the biggest challenges this nascent...

ACCC chief seeks tighter Big Tech regulation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Competition tsar Rod Sims has pushed for further regulation of Big Tech, including strengthened merger rules and unfair practices prohibitions. Mr Sims, the chair of the Australian Competition and...

Govt must prepare for life after Big Tech: Report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government needs to fast-track significant privacy reforms, put a cap on contracts handed to tech giants and invest in the startup sector in order to address an over-reliance...