Tag: national security

AI and data centre laws fast-tracked for early 2027

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New laws forcing data centres to underwrite new clean power supplies and not displace housing supplies will be revealed later this year and introduced in early 2027. The expedited...

Delivery: How the AFP scans horizon for best global tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
As a key national security agency, the Australian Federal Policy has access to some of the most sophisticated western technology available to carry out its many and varied roles....

Govt must rise to the AI biosecurity threat, experts warn

Posted on   |  by David Allen
A new federal taskforce overseeing synthetic biology and artificial intelligence is a welcome step, but Australia remains dangerously ill-equipped to handle the technology’s biosecurity threats, experts have warned. Former...

Home Affairs, Federal Police pulled under security watch

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The first piece of legislation introduced by new Attorney General Michelle Rowland on Wednesday will place the entire national intelligence community under the oversight of the security watchdog and...

FCC bans Chinese labs from testing electronics for US market

Posted on   |  by David Shepardson
The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 on Thursday to finalise rules to bar Chinese labs deemed risks to US national security from testing electronic devices such as smartphones, cameras...

The time to discuss quantum tech risks is now

Posted on   |  by James Der Derian and Stuart Rollo
The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The goal is to recognise “the importance of quantum science and the need for...

PsiQuantum technology risk assessment stays hidden

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Defence’s security and technology experts provided a risk assessment on the government’s PsiQuantum deal that went to potential issues with the emerging technology and for the US company itself....

Uni researchers stood down over foreign interference risk

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian university researchers had their pay frozen and were banned from applying for future grants because of foreign interference and national security concerns held by government agencies. An audit...