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Australia perfectly placed in critical infrastructure space race (opens the original)
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As a technologically advanced middle power occupying a strategically valuable part of the Indo-Pacific, Australia should aim to become a serious and influential participant in shaping the next phase of the space economy, writes Paul Budde. THE GLOBAL SPACE ECONOMY is entering a fundamentally different phase. What was once mainly the domain of governments, defence and scientific exploration is becoming another layer of the world's critical infrastructure. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation
Triple Zero: Band-Aid solutions won't deliver structural reform (opens the original)
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Emergency communications, cybersecurity, AI, consumer protection and national security are not separate issues – yet government continues to examine them through separate inquiries, regulators and legislation, writes Paul Budde. THE SENATE INQUIRY into Australia’s Triple Zero service has delivered 11 recommendations following yet another series of serious telecommunications failures. The most significant is that the Commonwealth consider establishing a statutory authority to take responsibility
Digital Duty of Care: Making Big Tech socially responsible (opens the original)
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Governments should not decide which political opinions are acceptable. However, freedom of expression does not give corporations an unrestricted right to manipulate attention and amplify division for profit, writes Paul Budde. AUSTRALIA'S PROPOSED DIGITAL DUTY OF CARE could become the next important step in making global technology platforms accept responsibility for the environments they create. The exposure draft of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 would require onl
Meta pays billions, but its addictive business model survives (opens the original)
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Meta will pay up to US$18 billion (AU$25.5 billion) to settle American legal claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children and contributed to social media addiction. In previous articles, I have argued that Australia’s social-media ban for children under 16, while imperfect, was an essential first step. It challenged the assumption that protecting children was primarily the responsibility of parents and that the platforms themselves did not need to change. However, age restrictions alone wi
Mobile roaming must be part of Australia’s communications resilience (opens the original)
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Domestic roaming is not a complete solution, but it is an essential part of a resilient communications framework, writes Paul Budde. The ACCC HAS announced a 12-month inquiry into regional mobile coverage, including whether domestic mobile roaming and greater access to mobile network infrastructure should be regulated. This is an important inquiry, but it should not be treated simply as another telecommunications competition review. Mobile communications have become critical national infrastruct
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