In the 12 months since the Australian Government first launched the Digital Economy Strategy in Budget 2021-22, Australians have continued to enthusiastically embrace digital technologies. Amidst the challenges and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased digital uptake has supported businesses to continue to operate and grow and helped Australians stay connected.
Pfizer cannot use the government as a shield from liability for making false claims about its COVID-19 vaccine, lawyers for a whistleblower argued in response to Pfizer’s motion to dismiss a False Claims Act lawsuit.
“Respondents claim […]
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The Reserve Bank of Australia will trial its own digital currency as part of a research project to evaluate […]
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the trial of a new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The RBA says it “would be a new digital form of money issued by the Reserve Bank. It could be designed […]
As elected members of parliament we have a shared solemn duty to behave with integrity.
This embraces our duty to ensure legislation and policies are solidly based on accurate and objective data so that the consequences on our […]
The Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is building a new facility in Winnipeg that will be home to a firearms armoury, interrogation rooms, biological labs, media relations offices, “controlled quiet rooms,” and intelligence facilities.
The plans, which were drawn up by a firm in Winnipeg, open a […]
Controversial plans.
Lawmakers are calling on the Federal Reserve to issue a digital dollar, arguing digital currencies issued by countries like China threaten the status of the US dollar as the global reserve currency.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, […]
To suppress dissent.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan warned supporters of recently-ousted prime minister Imran Khan whose behavior could be considered “harassment and heckling” that they could have their biometric ID apps blocked, according to a report by The Nation.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, headlines have been dominated by the warnings of risk in global food supply shortages and rising global food prices, all due to the conflict. But, according to many international groups, there is currently no risk of global […]
