Government answers #CensusFail recommendations

Australian Signals Directorate to assess 2021 eCensus cyber security.

28 February, 2017

Best of 2016: Centrelink, the Tax Office and ASIO could use Census 2016 data: privacy groups

Mass Census boycott possible.

20 December, 2016

Best of 2016: ABS moves to quell Census panic on social media

Lost log-ins melt hotline.

20 December, 2016

Understanding Medicare maths crucial for protecting privacy

Data encryption.

3 October, 2016

I won’t be giving my name to Census: Xenophon

Senator Census rebellion.

9 August, 2016

Political Databases: where privacy goes to die

Party time for unsupervised, unaudited records.

4 July, 2016

We won’t share personal data: Census 2016 chief

Up close & impersonal but privacy advocates unimpressed.

11 April, 2016

Privacy vs Convenience: The NSW e-ticketing tussle

Pensioners railroaded away from cash and paper

6 August, 2015

Surveillance Nation: Who’s Watching CCTV?

Who’s watching Australia’s electronic eyes?

16 July, 2015

Human Services denies offshoring claims, defends voiceprints

Says technology upgrades nothing to fear.

23 March, 2015

Human Services row over ‘biometric’ call snooping

CPSU demands answers on performance management technology.

19 March, 2015

Opal Card data no shiny gem for NSW cops

Better places to snoop

17 July, 2014

Inquiry into unmanned aircraft calls for new laws

Safety and surveillance concerns have dominated a probe into the use of drones.

14 July, 2014

Gonski steps down as NeHTA chair, replaced by Hambleton

Immediate former head of the Australian Medical Association appointed to steer national eHealth project.

26 June, 2014