The woeful response of the Optus upper management to the catastrophe suggests heads must surely roll.
Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the government will undertake a “post-incident telecommunications review” into the network outage,which affected millions of Australians on Wednesday.
The network went dark at 4am this morning,cutting off millions and throwing hospitals and rail networks into chaos. Here’s what we know.
Debate is erupting over the future of rural telecommunications,with the government and telcos labelling current arrangements as no longer fit for purpose.
The ACT independent senator said he could not support Labor’s proposed misinformation laws in their current form,and urged government to address the free speech concerns raised by legal experts.
Free TV Australia,the peak body for commercial broadcasters,says it is concerned that legitimate broadcast content could be banned by digital platforms under the proposed laws.
Child and women’s safety experts have accused the federal government of putting adult industry interests ahead of the safety of children after it refused to back a porn passport.
Catholics say teaching on topics such as euthanasia and sexuality could be caught up in the government’s proposal to clamp down on misinformation online.
Human rights groups are the latest to criticise a bid to give a government body powers to penalise social media companies if they fail to remove misinformation.
This week it was announced that Ita Buttrose would not seek a second term as chair of the ABC. Will she leave as a success,a failure,or something in between?
The ABC has reappointed managing director David Anderson for another five-year term,with the national broadcaster extending his contract until mid-2028