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Digital sovereignty and the danger of the off switch

Australia's future should not depend on the goodwill of any single foreign government or comp ...  
Telstra outage reveals a dangerous gap in Australia's digital resilience

The Telstra outage exposed a bigger problem than a software fault: Australia's telecommunicatio ...  
The Starlink challenge: Australia's next hyperscaler problem

Starlink's long-term ambitions appear to extend well beyond telecommunications access.  
From broadcast to binge — the changing culture of television

Streaming has made television more accessible than ever before, but in the age of binge-watching ...  
End of an era: Australia's NBN watchdog can finally stand down

NBN watchdog closure signals that the broadband performance problems that prompted its creation ...  
Gina is generous with other people's money

Gina Rinehart's plan for Australia is a holy trinity of sorts: microchips, Elon Musk’s comm ...  
Australia’s social media ban offers lessons for the Netherlands

Dutch researchers use Australia's social media ban as a case study to find ways to make digi ...  
The economic problem AI can't solve on its own

Artificial intelligence may boost productivity and profits, but without sufficient demand in the ...  
Australia joins EU's innovation powerhouse: Why Horizon Europe matters

Australia's association with Horizon Europe gives Australian organisations opportunities to lead ...  
Telcos: Australia's greatest infrastructure success under attack

Telecommunications have transformed Australians' lives, but they remain under attack from medi ...  
The drone war turning Ukraine into a machine battlefield

Ukraine's drone army is reshaping modern warfare, turning the battlefield into a relentless cont ...  
AI is not just technology — it’s reshaping society in ways we don’t control

AI is transforming society: Will humanity shape that transformation or be shaped by it?  
Why is there so little diplomatic action on Chinese state-sponsored hacking?

Power politics, economic dependence and international law are blocking diplomatic action on ...  
Mirrors of greed: Elon Musk, OpenAI and the tech brat battle

The legal clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI exposes the profit-driven scramble shaping the future ...  
Federal Budget reveals Australia’s mounting digital technical debt

The Budget focuses on maintaining increasingly complex digital systems, managing cyber risk and ...  
The next war is about compute — and Australia isn’t ready

Relying on global cloud providers and having no national strategy, what could possibly go wrong ...  
Energy and sovereignty will decide Australia's AI future, not algorithms

The AI debate has moved beyond algorithms & applications; it's now about infrastructure & energy ...  
Mateship for sale: The economic betrayal of working Australia

Mateship is being hollowed out as decades of policy, corporate power and now AI shift wealth from ...  
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