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Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments: Australia has a press freedom problem.

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Australian Clinical Labs accused of 'sitting on' hack that saw patient data posted to the dark web

Cybersecurity experts are questioning why it took one of Australia's biggest pathology services five months to tell its patients that data had been stolen and posted to the dark web.

ABC News

War crimes whistleblower to face trial

David McBride has withdrawn an application to be protected under whistleblowing laws after the Commonwealth sought to suppress expert evidence.

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Australia’s No 1 health insurer says all customers’ data hacked

Medibank says a cybercriminal hacked the personal information of its 4 million customers.

Al Jazeera

Australia admits cyber defences 'inadequate' as medical hack hits millions

Sydney (AFP) - Hackers accessed millions of medical records at one of Australia's largest private health insurers, the company said Wednesday, prompting the government to admit the nation's cyber safeguards were "inadequate".

AFP

Australian health insurer says data of all customers hacked

Australia’s largest health insurer says a cybercriminal has hacked the personal data of all its 4 million customers, as the government introduced legislation that would increase penalties for companies that fail to protect clients’ private information

The Independent UK

New laws to crack down on data hacking

Companies that have data breaches like Optus or Medibank could soon face bigger penalties under new laws introduced to parliament.

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Qld denies hindering UN prison inspectors

The Queensland government has denied hindering UN prison inspectors, saying they were only stopped from visiting some detainees with severe mental illness.

AAP

Mark Dreyfus refuses to say when Labor added high bar for public hearings to anti-corruption bill

Attorney general accused of using public interest immunity ‘improperly’ and adding exceptional circumstances test as ‘political decision’

The Guardian - AU

UN torture prevention body suspends Australia trip citing 'clear breach' of OPCAT obligations

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture said it had no option but to suspend its visit, saying lack of access to detention facilities in NSW was "a clear breach by Australia of its obligations".

ABC News

Australia flags new corporate penalties for privacy breaches

Australia has proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals

The Independent UK

A Huge New Fine For Customer Data Breaches Has Been Revealed Optus Must Be Shitting Itself

The federal government has flagged the introduction of new laws that will punish companies for allowing customer data to be hacked.

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Australian companies to face fines of $50m for data breaches

In wake of Optus and Medibank leaks, serious or repeated breaches of customer information will attract heavy penalties under new legislation

The Guardian - AU

Optus and Medibank hacks prompt government to increase fines for massive data breaches to a minimum of $50 million

The financial penalty imposed on companies that suffer serious or repeated privacy breaches will be increased to at least $50 million.

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The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange: Australian government urged to show ‘courage’ against US over charges

Jennifer Robinson, a human rights lawyer who represents Assange, says ‘the future ahead for Julian is grim’

The New Daily

National anti-corruption commission: Bar too high for public hearings, say critics

Australia risks establishing a national anti-corruption commission that’s too weak to effectively expose wrongdoing, experts say.

ABC News

National anti-corruption commission's 'exceptional circumstances' test for public hearings could be misused, lawyers warn

Designs for a National Anti-Corruption Commission could be misused to prevent public hearings, lawyers and senior former politicians warn, as the federal government defends an "exceptional circumstances" test for open hearings.

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‘A very outdated piece of legislation’: Optus hack highlights Privacy Act loophole

Under the current rules, companies are only required to tell hack victims a breach has occurred if it’s deemed ‘eligible’.

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The Guardian - AU

NSW’s refusal to allow UN inspectors in prisons ‘raises questions’, human rights commissioner says

Lorraine Finlay says state government’s decision means Australia is ‘failing to live up to the promises it made to the world’

The Guardian - AU

Australians overwhelmingly agree ‘stealthing’ should be a crime, study finds

A majority aren’t familiar with the term for non-consensual removal of condom during sex, a criminal act in four jurisdictions, so reporting is low

The Guardian - AU

Julian Assange’s supporters call on Australian government to provide update on talks with US

Campaign adviser says public should be told of any progress on securing Assange’s release if he is extradited from UK

AAP

Why Indigenous voice matters for everyone

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says a change to the constitution to recognise First Nations people would bring about a better future.

The New Daily

Attorney-General’s pledge to fed up voters

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says a national anti-corruption commission will be legislated this year to bring back trust and transparency to politics.

Crikey

Bugs in the system

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal will sign off today on warrants for phone taps on everyone from spy chiefs to the prime minister, and one in five Australians were working from home on census day last year.

AAP

Attorney-General's pledge to fed up voters

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says a national anti-corruption commission will be legislated this year to bring back trust and transparency to politics.

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