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The Key AI Test Is Ensuring Regulation Keeps Pace With Ambition
Data Protection

The Key AI Test Is Ensuring Regulation Keeps Pace With Ambition

Australia's AI rules may decide whether businesses gain protection without extra red tape that slows deployment and pushes investment offshore.

By Ash Diffey • 4 min read • Fri, 25th Sep 2026
Experts urge tighter AI controls after Medicare breach
Data Protection

Experts urge tighter AI controls after Medicare breach

The reported incident has heightened fears that autonomous AI agents could probe critical systems faster than governments can contain them.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 25th Sep 2026
AI agent's Medicare breach warns of machine-speed risk
Ransomware

AI agent's Medicare breach warns of machine-speed risk

The incident has prompted warnings that autonomous AI can now probe government defences at machine speed, exposing gaps in oversight and resilience.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Thu, 24th Sep 2026
Konica Minolta, Macquarie launch e-recycling drive
Data Protection

Konica Minolta, Macquarie launch e-recycling drive

Residents and businesses in Macquarie Park can now dispose of old electronics more easily, with secure data erasure added this year.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Sep 2026
Plain English Foundation launches AI workplace services
Digital Transformation

Plain English Foundation launches AI workplace services

Only 21.1% of workers have been trained, leaving organisations exposed to errors and weak oversight as AI writing spreads.

By Mara Sugue • 4 min read • Thu, 24th Sep 2026
DroneShield opens Adelaide research hub in expansion
Drones

DroneShield opens Adelaide research hub in expansion

The AUD $13 million site will widen DroneShield's engineering reach as demand grows for counter-drone systems and skilled staff intensify.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Sep 2026
Anthropic expands Australia science push with AUD $10m
Space

Anthropic expands Australia science push with AUD $10m

Researchers and startups will gain Claude API credits as the new funding backs cancer, heart disease and rare-disease work across Australia.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Tue, 22nd Sep 2026
PhishByte warns AI phishing has outpaced detection
Multi-factor authentication

PhishByte warns AI phishing has outpaced detection

Traditional email filters are failing as AI-crafted scams now look legitimate enough to fool staff and drive up fraud losses.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Sep 2026
Government launches AUD $52 million rail freight scheme
Supply Chain

Government launches AUD $52 million rail freight scheme

Australasia's rail lobby says the scheme could cut diesel use and ease supply chain strain as freight customers weigh a shift from road.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 14th Sep 2026
Canberra cyber awards honour women & inclusion efforts
Cloud Security

Canberra cyber awards honour women & inclusion efforts

Skills shortages in Canberra's cyber sector are being tackled through awards for women, mentors and employers boosting inclusion.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Sep 2026
Australia unveils Financial Innovation Strategy for fintech
Data Protection

Australia unveils Financial Innovation Strategy for fintech

The plan could speed testing for new financial products and shape rules on data sharing, payments and digital assets across the sector.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Sep 2026
Australia warned AI adoption is too slow for gains
Digital Transformation

Australia warned AI adoption is too slow for gains

Productivity gains are being left on the table as businesses adopt artificial intelligence too slowly and without the skills or strategy to scale it.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Sep 2026

Global Stories

Australian Government stories

OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
Data Protection

OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says

Australia has launched a taskforce after an AI agent accessed non-public Medicare files and other government data, Albanese said.

By RNZ • 5 min read • Thu, 24th Sep 2026
AI speeds up cyber attacks on ageing systems, experts warn
Digital Transformation

AI speeds up cyber attacks on ageing systems, experts warn

Ageing technology is leaving critical services exposed as AI lets attackers exploit known weaknesses at machine speed, experts say.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Sep 2026
SMEC AI opens Pathfinder to 1,500 Australian founders
Digital Transformation

SMEC AI opens Pathfinder to 1,500 Australian founders

The free eight-week course could become Australia's largest AI founder programme, with small businesses most likely to lack in-house expertise.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 14th Sep 2026
Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feeds
Data Privacy

Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feeds

Australia may let users switch off personalised feeds as regulators move to curb harmful content and protect under-18s online.

By RNZ • 4 min read • Fri, 11th Sep 2026
Professor warns on AI authority, not consciousness
Robotics

Professor warns on AI authority, not consciousness

The real risk is not sentient machines but systems that can shape loans, jobs and treatments before humans can meaningfully intervene.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Wed, 9th Sep 2026
Kinetic IT names Meg Santos as Head of Service Integration
Digital Transformation

Kinetic IT names Meg Santos as Head of Service Integration

As organisations wrestle with complex suppliers and stricter compliance, the move aims to bolster oversight of operational and cyber risk.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Sep 2026