Privacy law reforms are being expedited in the wake of Australia’s largest data breach, with tougher penalties, data retention limits and anti-fraud measures expected to be revealed ahead of...
Australia urgently needs dedicated facial recognition laws to stop the current slide towards a surveillance state and reduce the serious risk of error in high stakes applications like policing,...
The long running review of Australia’s privacy law will present a final report to government by the end of the year, as new Attorney General Mark Dreyfus seeks to...
TikTok’s data security is back under scrutiny in Australia after global executives confirmed Chinese employees had access to information on US users. Both the government and the Opposition are...
The federal government has failed to pass its controversial anti-trolling bill before the upcoming election, despite the Prime Minister saying it would be “dealt with” in February. The Social...
The federal government will have the power to order “nationally significant” companies to install software to pass on data to the Australian spy agency after the final tranche of...
Critical infrastructure legislation has been passed by the lower house before the national security committee has reported back on it, in what Labor says is a “departure from long-standing...
Legislation allowing the government to take control of a company’s network as a “last resort” in the event of a cyberattack has sailed through the lower house despite a...
Legislation facilitating an expedited data-sharing deal with the US has sailed through Parliament in minutes with bipartisan support and not even a debate, just days after Prime Minister Scott...
Australian law enforcement agencies are yet to use the coercive anti-encryption powers handed to them nearly two years ago, with Labor MPs questioning whether they are necessary at all....