The Australian parliament has finished its business for February 2022, and there’s likely to be just three more sitting days before the election is called. Here’s a list of legislation and inquiries that have been making their way through the system and which are relevant to my interests — and perhaps yours.
Continue reading “Updated: Australian cyber-related legislation before parliament, plus current inquiries”Talking the hack of CS Energy on ABC Adelaide
Late last month Queensland electricity generator CS Energy disclosed that they’d been the victim of a ransomware attack, but that it had been contained before it could disrupt production. Today a news story blamed China. Really? I spoke about that this afternoon on ABC Adelaide.
Continue reading “Talking the hack of CS Energy on ABC Adelaide”The 9pm Extra: Keep the Bastards Honest episode 5, “The Murder on Thursday Law with Stilgherrian”
You may well have thought that a certain once-potent political party, the Australian Democrats, imploded around the turn of the 21st century, and you’d be right. But they’re back, with a podcast titled Keep the Bastards Honest. This week I became their first non-party guest.
Continue reading “The 9pm Extra: Keep the Bastards Honest episode 5, “The Murder on Thursday Law with Stilgherrian””Weekly Wrap 597: Twitter, the law, and maybe even the end of the Quarantimes
Monday 1 to 7 November 2021 saw me do an actual social thing. With another person. OK, it was lunch at the pub with Mark Humphries before we recorded this week’s podcast, but it was still a wonderful sign that the Quarantimes are slowly coming to an end. I hope.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 597: Twitter, the law, and maybe even the end of the Quarantimes”Weekly Wrap 596: Calm before conference season, and a longing for imminent travel
My week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 October 2021 was the calm before a few very busy weeks, what with a podcast series to produce, conferences to cover, and the final weeks of Parliament for 2021. I’m especially looking forward to some travel, namely catching an XPT to Orange in the Central Tablelands.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 596: Calm before conference season, and a longing for imminent travel”Weekly Wrap 593: Cybers, with an anticipation of Sydney
It probably seems like I’m starting to obsess about my productivity, or lack thereof, but my week of Monday 4 to Sunday 10 October 2021 saw me generate two articles, a small podcast, and the beginnings of another crowdfunding campaign. Winter is over.
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