Category: Government

New taskforce to focus on upgrading comms for first responders

Australia’s emergency personnel are set to receive improved communications during an emergency, following the establishment of the Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) Taskforce. The announcement...

New cybersecurity policy makes CISOs mandatory in Australian gov’t agencies

All government agencies must now appoint a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to oversee cyber security efforts, says the Australian Department of Home Affairs. The<span...

HubSpot launches HubSpot AI, new Sales Hub features

All-in-one marketing and sales software HubSpot has launched HubSpot AI, its portfolio of AI-powered features for marketing, sales, and service teams. They also relaunched Sales...

Victoria Police’s Kendall Masters on the importance of effective social media use for law enforcement

Kendall Masters is the Social Media Manager for Victoria Police. Before her stint with the law enforcement agency, she also filled various communication and social...

Free Broadband Initiative prolonged until April 2024

More eligible families across Australia will have the opportunity to benefit from 12 months free broadband following an extension to the nomination period, under the...

ACMA fines Burst SMS for allowing scams

An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found that Known Pty Ltd, trading as Burst SMS, allowed scammers to send messages impersonating well-known Australian...

Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here’s what Australia can do

Last week, a special Senate committee released a report on foreign interference through social media. It makes for scary reading. In addition to widely publicised...

Federal court slaps $20M fine on Meta-owned companies for ‘misleading consumers’

The Federal Court has ordered two subsidiaries of social media giant Meta, Facebook Israel and Onavo Inc, to each pay $10 million for breaching Australian...

Free internet connection coming to more Tasmanian families

More families in Tasmania without broadband at home will soon have access to a free NBN internet connection for 12 months, provided that they pass...

More stick, less carrot: Australia’s new approach to tackling fake news on digital platforms

An urgent problem for governments around the world in the digital age is how to tackle the harms caused by mis- and disinformation, and Australia...

Why is it legal to tell lies during the Voice referendum campaign?

A referendum to recognise First Nations Australians in Australia’s Constitution by establishing a Voice to Parliament will be held later this year. The Voice would...

Albanese gov’t to allocate $6.2M to tackle children body image distress

The Albanese Government is providing $6.2 million to The Embrace Collective for their Embrace Kids program to help kids tackle body image issues to live...

ACMA to improve consumer protections, puts telcos on notice

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has today put Australia’s telco industry on notice that it must significantly improve its consumer protection framework. A...

ACMA to prioritise protecting consumers in 2023-24

For 2023-24, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has vowed to protect consumers by curbing the negative effects of gambling, address fraudulent SMS scams,...

Is government regulation of generative AI a good thing?

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful technology that can create realistic and sophisticated content such as images, videos, and text. With the...

Fixed wireless connections improving for Australians, ACCC says

Broadband retailers are continuing to deliver download speeds to consumers that are close to their maximum plan speeds, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report...

Australian Competition Tribunal nixes Telstra, TPG Telecom deal

The Australian Competition Tribunal has upheld the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) decision to reject the proposed regional spectrum authorisation agreement between Telstra Corporation...

ACMA fines Commonwealth Bank $3.55 million for spam violations

The simple act of requiring customers to log in before being able to unsubscribe from an email newsletter has cost The Commonwealth Bank of Australia...

Australia joins the global fight against scams

Australia has joined five other nations in strengthening strategic engagement in the global fight against scams, unsolicited telemarketing and spam following an agreement between international...

Regional Australia gets connected with uncapped satellite services

Thousands of Australians living in regional and rural Australia can order uncapped satellite broadband services from today, following a successful trial of NBN Co’s new...