The federal government will hold an industry-wide inquiry following an Optus outage that affected millions of Australians.
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Digital regulators stress ongoing role in relation to AI
Australia’s digital regulators have made a joint submission about the challenges of AI and how it will affect their regulatory roles.
ACMA to establish $10m SenderID registry
ACMA has been tasked with setting up a sender ID registry to curb text message scams.
Digital platform regulators make algorithms a top priority
Australia’s leading consumer and privacy bodies have identified the use of algorithms by digital platforms as a hot topic.
Turnbull connects greenhouse gasses to Internet-of-Things
Smart, low energy devices zap value of poles and wires.
Retune flicks spectrum switch on TVs for Canberra and surrounds
Signal shift to free up lucrative spectrum finally arrives.
Kaspersky warns on new ransomware faking AFP, ACC, ACMA online interventions
Malware creators impersonate law enforcement and regulators
Fletcher spells out ‘digital by default’ expectations for federal agencies
Ministerial pressure is mounting for agencies to get their act together online ahead of a 2017 deadline.
Better signals expected for emergency services
By Paul Hemsley As the federal government prepares to switch broadcasting in Australia from analogue-to-digital technology, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has created a “class licence” that will…
States attack emergency spectrum decision
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Leaders in Coalition held states have condemned the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s decision to give police, fire and ambulance services just half of…