Tag: The Australia Institute

Agency pushback on proposed bans for unethical contractors

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Proposed legislation to ban unethical contractors from government procurement opportunities would introduce significant operational risks to technology delivery programs, the Digital Transformation Agency says. A private members bill put...

Way forward on AI regulation divides Australia

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s regulatory response to artificial intelligence is shaping up as a battleground for the Albanese government, with a divergence of views emerging from its two-month long consultation on the...

‘Politically rushed’ AUKUS deal must be investigated

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Greens Senators, former Labor ministers, academic experts and retired senior defence personnel are demanding an investigation of the origins and feasibility of the AUKUS arrangement, including whether the strategic...

Call to cut hybrids out of EV discounts and incentives

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Including hybrid cars in electrical vehicle discounts will slow Australia’s clean transport transition and Parliament should consider excluding the dual power vehicles from new incentives, an inquiry into the...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...

Why we need a publicly funded social network

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
I almost bore myself when I start to write about issues with Facebook. The revelations of privacy scandals, data breaches, hate speech, and violence-inducing disinformation by Facebook has become...

‘Language of innovation’ wraps fossil fuel subsidies

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian governments are wrapping hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fossil fuel industry subsidies in “the language of innovation”, according to new analysis. The Australia Institute analysed Federal...