Australia’s COVIDSafe app costs AU$100,000 per month to keep running
Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app, COVIDSafe, was sold as “digital sunscreen” with people encouraged by the Prime Minister to download the app in order...
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Australia’s answer to thwarting ransomware is good cyber hygiene
The federal government has provided advice on how to counter ransomware in Australia, encouraging the use of multifactor authentication and urging businesses to keep...
Human rights lawyers ask Australia’s ‘hacking’ Bill be redrafted
Human Rights Law Centre and the Law Council of Australia have asked that the federal government redraft the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt)...
Twitter and Twitch added to list of those concerned with Australia’s Online Safety Bill
Twitter and live streaming service Twitch have joined the mounting list of service providers, researchers, and civil liberties groups that take issue with Australia’s...
Australia’s new ‘hacking’ powers considered too wide-ranging and coercive by OAIC
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has labelled the powers given to two law enforcement bodies within three new computer warrants as...
Researchers want Australia’s digital ID system thrown out and redesigned from scratch
Researchers have recommended the Australian government abandon its existing digital identity system and start again from scratch, highlighting again security flaws in two of...
OAIC wants stronger enforcement powers in Australia’s revamped Privacy Act
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has asked for amendments to be made to the Privacy Act 1988 that would update its...
Australia’s tangle of electronic surveillance laws needs unravelling
The legislative framework that governs Australia’s intelligence community is “unnecessarily complex”. It leads to “unclear and confusing laws” for the intelligence officers who have...
Tech giants not convinced Australia’s critical infrastructure Bill is currently fit for purpose
The tech sector has taken issue with a handful of proposals made by the federal government in its Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill...
Australia’s critical infrastructure definition to span communications, data storage, space
The federal government on Monday published an exposure draft on the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020. It seeks to amend the Security of...