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Despite it being the summer silly season, we have government sookage over social media, a total rebuild of Services Australia’s networks, some poor audit reports, and 15 government agencies start using AI without governance frameworks.
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Not a lot this week. We have government responses to reviews of the Privacy Act and the powers of the AFP, and some commentary on the proposed online gambling and anti-misinformation laws. The Privacy Act thing is pretty big.
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The working year has kicked off with a bang. A massive report on myGov and a massive new cultural policy, plus news on digital ID, streaming services, digital platforms, copyright, and even My Health Record. Remember that?
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In the first of these summaries for 2023 we have a major review of Australia’s secrecy laws, a bunch of reviews by Treasury, and a cost rise for the government’s cybersecurity threat intelligence sharing platform.
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As you’ll know from the latest episode of my podcast The 9pm Edict, or from my Weekly Wrap posts, or from following me on Twitter itself, I’ve been paying way too much attention to the chaos which is Elon Musk’s botched management of the social media company.
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Parliament sat Monday through Thursday this week, with the Senate also sitting on Friday. The National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation trundles along, we find out just how dodgy Scott Morrison’s ministerial appointments were, and much more.
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