Australian lawmakers will consider a new regulator, rules for algorithms and a light touch approach to the metaverse while “mapping” Big Tech over the next year. The focus is...
Tech giants have warned the Australian government’s proposed legislation allowing it to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack is poorly defined and if used...
The government has struck the right balance with its sweeping new data-sharing scheme which will “streamline” service delivery, the Data Commissioner has told a Senate committee hearing, which also...
Facebook has claimed it did not try to intimidate lawmakers when it pulled news content from Australian users earlier this year in response to the media bargaining code legislation,...
There will be another “comprehensive” inquiry into the government’s controversial changes to the research and development tax incentive, with the Opposition planning to “interrogate” the unintended consequences of the...
Outsourcing public sector work and calling in the contractors is often a “timely, cost-effective” option made necessary by the staffing cap and a lack of internal tech expertise, according...
The federal government’s arbitrary cap on public sector employee numbers is “severely undermining” its science and innovation efforts, according to the CSIRO staff association. In a submission to a...
My Health Record will ‘fail’ unless it revert to an opt-in model and stricter access controls are implemented, the federal government’s former digital czar has told a senate inquiry....
A senate inquiry has been launched into “loot boxes” in video games, with the potential for the controversial mechanisms to be regulated or completely banned. The motion to refer...
Every four weeks, more than one in eight Australians access government information and public services online. Nearly half of those users experience a problem in doing so, and a...
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