The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to implement the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, testing of the affect of pesticides used in food production on human hormones, led to a lawsuit filed late last year by a group of nonprofits.
In […]
On 9 February 2023, the Senate referred the Fair Work Amendment (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Discrimination) Bill 2023 to the Committee for inquiry and report by 21 June 2023.
The Bill was sponsored by Senators Canavan, Rennick and Antic.
We have less than 10 years to solve the United Nations’ […]
A plan for a centralised health database in Victoria that denies patients the right to opt-out has been revived by the state government, reigniting privacy and data security fears among digital rights advocates.
The Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill […]
The head of Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority has confirmed the state’s largest fish farmer tried to prevent a report on antibiotic use in its fish […]
In estimates I asked the CSIRO about their costing forecast methods in regard to converting to renewable energy.
In 2017 the CSIRO said it would cost $1 trillion dollars to convert the energy grid to 100% renewables. Then last year they […]
The Commonwealth Bank and ANZ Banking Group are among Australian banks that are actively seeking use cases for the new wave of […]
Government services minister Bill Shorten has flagged a possible major re-architecture of myGov, potentially modelled on – or even using components of – the e-government systems of Estonia.
In a speech yesterday, Shorten said […]
Services Australia said it has “actioned” several security-related vulnerabilities found in an identity exchange it operates for the government’s digital identity system, including one rated ‘high risk’.
The vulnerabilities were uncovered in periodic security […]
