surveillance – Stilgherrian

12 March 202320 April 2023

The 9pm Poorly Governed Semantic Argument with Justin Warren

Is a cow a thing? Is the ocean a thing? We ponder these and other important questions with Justin Warren, “consultant, freedom of information tragic, hexagon enthusiast, and creator of the CyberRating™ labelling scheme”. He’s also chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, but I’m sure they’ll disown him.

10 March 202312 March 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 28

Nuclear submarines are the big story this week, but there’s plenty more â€” including the sudden resignation of our FOI commissioner, predictive policing, and various reports on our surveillance regime.

04 March 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 27

Some big ones this week, including announcements about a new national cybersecurity strategy, federal-state coordination on digital IDs, various legislation given the go-ahead by Senate committees, and what’s probably the final week of public hearings in the Robodebt Royal Commission.

24 February 202324 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 26

This week, after two and a half years, the government finally responded to an inquiry into telco data retention. Thereâ€™s also science, esafety, an inquiry into the Australian business registers, and more.

19 February 202320 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 25

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.

11 February 202311 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 24

Parliament has kicked off for 2023. There’s no new legislation to concern us here, but there’s news of spooks and spies, electronic warfare, Medicare, My Health Record, TROVE, cryptocurrency, and more.