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The government is to spend $2 billion setting up an ‘air-gapped cloud’ to facilitate information sharing between defence and security agencies.

‘Prime Minister, the stakes have never been higher,’ Teal MP Monique Ryan wrote to Mr. Albanese.

Rates of excess mortality in Australia remain above what would normally be expected, a trend which began in 2021. However, 2023’s rate is half that of 2022.

West Australian Senator Fatima Payman has announced she has quit Labor following her move to cross the floor in voting in favour of a Palestinian state.

Two activist groups say they will try to coax the country’s 800,000 strong Muslim community to move their vote away from Labor.

While the new bill will target the sharing of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, it will not penalise the creation of that content.

It is the latest incident instigated by radical activists supposedly in support of Palestinians.

The federal government is pitching the bill as an attempt to deal with cost of living issues.

Police are investigating whether a teenager who stabbed a University of Sydney student had been radicalised by the internet.

The Trust Framework Authority is New Zealand’s regulator of accredited digital identity services. It accredits providers and polices the sector.

‘It’s impossible to take campaigns like ’Hobart Respects All‘ seriously when actions prove otherwise,’ argued Councillor Louise Elliot.

Poor book sales have contributed to Booktopia being placed into voluntary administration with losses of $16.7 million for the second half of last year.

‘If you made supermarkets sell, are they allowed to sell to another big rival?’

A human rights group is calling on the Australian government to urgently deliver laws around the use of images of children.

Zoo management say ’strong visitor feedback' is behind the decision.

The banks are concerned about the return on investment for the scheme.

Online companies are given 6 months to come up with enforceable codes to prevent children from accessing graphic pornography.

Labor introduces renewables bill to help Australia move towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Australia now has the highest visa fees globally.

By adopting the new laws, media companies can rely on a new defence for digital intermediaries who ‘innocently disseminate’ defamatory content.