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29 April 202329 April 2023

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The Defence Strategic Review dominated the relevant news from Canberra these last two weeks, but we also saw moves on combating far-right extremism, fighting the scams and spams, and various minor bits and pieces.

31 March 202331 March 2023

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While the NSW election results and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament dominated the political news this week, there was plenty of action in the background. Cybersecurity, secrecy and freedom of information, censorship, esafety, online gambling, and more.

19 February 202320 February 2023

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This week there’s major progress on privacy law reform, no progress on the online services’ esafety codes, a big tax change, and more. Oh, and some Chinese-made cameras were removed from government offices, while Woolworths installed more cameras in their supermarkets.

02 December 202231 January 2023

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This morning Parliament wrapped up for 2022, and a whole bunch of important things happened â€” including the passing of legislation for the National Anti-Corruption Commission and bigger data breach penalties, and an interesting selection of new bills.

06 March 202206 March 2022

The 9pm Tweaking of the Incompetent Brain Implants with Justin Warren

Justin Warren in a self-referential t-shirt (Photo: Kyle Taylor/ABC News)

The Edictâ€™s Summer Series 2022 concludes with special guest Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRatingâ„¢ labelling scheme”.

13 February 202215 February 2022

Weekly Wrap 611: Spooks, cynicism, conspiracies, and a slug

Monday 7 to Sunday 13 February 2022 was for me, and for so many Australians who pay attention to politics, a frustrating and stressful mess. But I won’t go into that here. I’ll just celebrate an interesting article, an even more interesting podcast, and a slug. A pretty slug.