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A paper expanding on greater ability to intervene during hacks – especially on private companies – causes alarm among Coalition and Greens

Australia's home affairs minister says the nation's cyber laws were "bloody useless" during the Optus hack, as the federal government announces an overhaul of cyber policy.

A new commissioner will be appointed to help oversee cyber security breaches as part of an overhaul of the sector in Australia.

The federal government is further stepping up its efforts to improve Australia’s protection against increasing cyber threats, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announcing the establishment of a Coordinator for Cyber Security.

Some argue a centralised system – with no ability to opt out – will remove people’s autonomy over their medical information

Health insurer Medibank has reported a solid boost in half-year profit despite losing 13,000 policyholders after the breach of millions of its customers' data.

The markets end lower as company reporting season winds down, with results from Qantas and Medibank making for interesting reading. Here's how the day unfolded.

Australians would be able to demand companies delete their personal information under a European-style overhaul of privacy laws.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus yesterday released a report with 30 proposals for updating Australia’s privacy regime. The proposals are practical, necessary and overdue. However, they are just proposals, which have been made several times in the past before disappearing into the “too hard basket” of the Australian, state and territory governments.

Law firm Baker McKenzie says company failed to protect privacy of customers in Australia and overseas

The high-profile cyber attacks on Medibank and Optus led to the prime minister commissioning a public service security review, but the report remains secret.