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Posted on 04 March 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 27

Clare O'Neil 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.

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Posted on 24 February 202324 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 26

Julie Inman Grant

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

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Posted on 19 February 202320 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 25

Mark Dreyfus 025

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.

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Posted on 11 February 202311 February 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 24

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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.

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Posted on 16 December 202216 December 2022

Digital developments from Canberra 18

Mark Dreyfus 18

Parliament did come back for a day but that was about energy prices. That said, we saw action on robots, navy drones, digital wallets, and the US CLOUD Act. Oh yeah, and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was abolished.

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Posted on 02 December 202231 January 2023

Digital developments from Canberra 16

Anthony Albanese 16

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

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