Anthony Galloway

Despite talk of a realignment in the relationship between business and politics, we are headed for a conventional election debate on the role of government in the economy.

A new poll shows that the percentage of voters willing to pay more for renewable energy has fallen, as cost-of-living pressures remain pervasive.

Labor's $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund is poised to announce its first investments within weeks, despite the resignation of CEO Ivan Power due to health issues.

The world’s third-largest cybersecurity firm faces scrutiny after a data breach, first reported by Capital Brief, saw 440GB of information leaked online. But serious questions remain about the breach’s full impact and scope.

A hacker claims to have stolen 440 gigabytes of data from the $90 billion cybersecurity company.

While Labor appeared to be launching a war on big tech this week, it was just setting the stage for the one announcement that will truly infuriate social media giants.

As digital advisor to a key European parliamentarian, Kai Zenner shaped AI policy. With Australia now following suit, he warns of potential pitfalls.

The Department of Home Affairs is aware of the breach of the world's third-largest cybersecurity company, which says it protects "Australia's most critical infrastructure".

RBA insiders say the past week's public tensions over comments by Jim Chalmers have been 'frustrating'. And they may make the already tough job of reforming the central bank even harder.

Today's push by the opposition's transport spokeswoman to extend proposed divestiture powers to aviation is another example of the reshaping of the main parties’ stances toward big business.

In the end, it wasn’t Anthony Albanese who was desperate to get his longtime leadership rival Bill Shorten out of parliament — it was factional rivals much closer to home, who now stand to lose out.

An overhaul of the nation's critical infrastructure laws will allow the government to intervene in company networks in a much wider array of circumstances, including a terrorist attack or natural disaster.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has received draft cybersecurity laws, with the government likely to tweak proposed powers over critical infrastructure.

News publishers and the gambling industry are holding their breath ahead of two major government decisions on media policy.

Anthony Albanese backflipped this morning on the decision to exclude gender and sexuality questions from the census — a story which had already reignited scrutiny of his political instincts ahead of the election.

Crossbench senator David Pocock and the peak motoring group are urging the government to mandate state car crash data sharing in a new road funding deal.

The Federal government has quietly struck a new deal with the states for road and rail projects worth tens of billions of dollars, but failed to secure an equal split in funding.

Jim Chalmers is acting as the government's attack dog against Peter Dutton. Whether the strategy will pay off is an open question.

Cybersecurity is an increasingly important priority for corporate Australia. So it was surprising that today's announcement of our new top cyber spy came with little fanfare.

The dominant theme on the final night of the Democratic National Convention was the precarious coalition that Harris must forge to defeat Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Defence Minister Richard Marles are set to announce Bradshaw as new director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate.

The government has yet to address the fate of gambling ad revenue raked in by audio platforms like Spotify in its ongoing reform briefings.

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones confirmed to Capital Brief that he is considering “substantial advice” from the ACCC and Treasury on forcing Meta to pay for news content.

The new director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate will take over from Rachel Noble as the agency seeks to double in size over the next decade.

Whatever you think of Peter Dutton’s antics, it’s telling that Labor, over two years into its term, still often seems unprepared for the Opposition Leader’s attacks.

Amazon Prime Video and Optus Sport are among the services expected to face similar, if not tougher gambling ad restrictions than TV broadcasters as the government moves to quell a backlash.

Nine months after the National Reconstruction Fund launched, investors and businesses are increasingly concerned about its risk aversion and "black box" nature.