Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Michelle Rowland

Australia updates law to protect data after Optus hack

The Australian government has announced changes to its telecommunications law to protect vulnerable customers after personal details were stolen in a major cyberattack on the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier

The Independent UK

Government announces law changes in response to Optus data breach

The federal government has announced its response to record Optus data breach, with changes to the telecommunications laws.

The New Daily

Government strengthens powers for telcos to share affected data following Optus hack

Optus will be able to share drivers licences, Medicare and passport numbers with banks and government agencies to assist in fraud detection following a data breach that affected almost 10 million current and former customers.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Albanese meets Solomons PM – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Warren Mundine quits SBS board, stating his other roles meant he could not ‘provide the time’

Exclusive: Labor had last year asked Coalition to consider removing Mundine from broadcaster over controversial social media posts

The Guardian - AU

Chris Dawson verdict a big moment for the Australian’s podcast, but redundancies thin ranks

Swathes of national broadsheet devoted to covering guilty verdict in Teacher’s Pet case, while behind the scenes many staff packed up their desks. Plus: date night for Morrison and Murray

The Guardian - AU

'Strategic intervention' against Murdoch by minister in chase for AFL rights, but there's one thing missing

The government has issued a stern warning to the AFL and those pursuing the rights to broadcast matches, but the next TV deal is only the start of a tense era in Australian sport.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Federal government calls on AFL to keep matches free to watch

The federal government has weighed in on the AFL’s intensifying broadcast negotiations, asking the governing body to keep games available to watch on free-to-air TV

The Guardian - AU

Australian-made children’s TV all but gone from commercial free-to-air networks

Fall in amount of locally made children’s programming attributed to watering down of quota by Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Executive bonuses will need to be justified in a review of NBN Co, new communications minister says

In opposition, Michelle Rowland said publicly-owned firm ‘might have an incentive to set and surpass artificially low targets’

The Guardian - AU

Independence day: Labor vows to end ABC board-stacking and ministerial interventions

No more captain’s picks or complaint calls about negative stories, communications minister says. Plus: the ‘sixty-three, sixty-four, seventy-five’ Wimbledon match

The Guardian - AU

Regional newspapers get financial lifeline

The federal government will seek to provide regional media grants in the coming weeks to ease cost pressures.

The Canberra Times

Labor says new five-year funding for ABC will safeguard against arbitrary cuts and political interference

Communications minister Michelle Rowland says Coalition ‘completely lied’ about 2013 funding cut which harmed broadcaster

The Guardian - AU

NBN funding to boost regional connectivity

Improved internet and mobile phone connectivity is the aim of a $480 million federal government boost to NBN Co operations.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Public service shake-up continues with four new secretaries for government departments – as it happened

This blog is now closed

ABC News

Andrew Olle lecture: Without stronger press freedoms and protections for public-interest journalism, democracy is at risk

Australians will only rely upon the mainstream media as an essential part of our civic and democratic life if they can trust we are able to expose the spin and lies and misinformation, and deliver the facts and truth, writes Ita Buttrose.

The New Daily

Labor’s full cabinet has finally been sworn in. Here’s a who’s who of new ministers

Although Labor hasn't been in government since 2013, almost half of the new cabinet have past experience as government ministers.

ABC News

Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

How Western Sydney voted and why the results were difficult to predict

Voters in Western Sydney deliver major parties a "mixed bag" of results after Saturday's federal election, with both Labor and Liberal saying there is much to reflect on.

ABC News

Mobile phone black spots to be fixed in regional SA, but remote north misses out

Living in a mobile black spot can have a devastating impact on locals trying to navigate an emergency situation, but new mobile towers in regional South Australia might fix that.

The Canberra Times

Why we're asking for emergency support

Why Australia's regional newspapers are asking for emergency government support

The Canberra Times

'Crisis response' call to save local news

RIGHT TO KNOW: Fears that local news deserts across Australia will grow as print costs rise on July 1

The Guardian - AU

Coalition to change classification code for video games with loot boxes two years after review

Developers say they were not consulted as Labor questions timing of announcement on eve of election

Newcastle Herald

Promise to urgently improve Shortland mobile coverage

The Labor Party has pledged to only approve new development buildings where there is network capacity, in an election promise to urgently improve mobile coverage for the Shortland electorate.

AAP

Labor to boost regional internet speeds

A Labor government would drive fibre deeper into regional areas, giving millions more homes and businesses internet speeds of up to 100mbps.

1 … 13 14 15 16

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.