Charlton argues Australia should help forge a global cybersecurity agreement, similar to how the G20 was created in response to the Global Financial Crisis.
Australian politics
The emerging threat of generative AI and deepfakes to democratic processes has the attention of election officials and cybersecurity analysts around the world.
For months, Labor MPs have dismissed mediocre poll results on the basis they didn't come from Newspoll. But now their favourite poll has them behind on the two-party-preferred count.
A report by the Privacy Commissioner has found data breaches are on the rise in Australia, and government agencies aren't disclosing them in the proper time frame.
Japan’s new prime minister has spent the ASEAN summit playing down his signature security plan — an 'Asian NATO' — after finding few friends of the idea in Laos.
Anthony Albanese wraps up a two-day visit to the ASEAN summit in Laos today, as the bloc faces increasingly urgent questions over how to manage the rise of China.
Australia’s special envoy for Southeast Asia Nicholas Moore wants tech startups to look at the region for expansion, rather than traditional bases in the US and UK.
New figures reveal the vast majority of Australian children are using social media in some form, which may complicate the government's ability to impose a ban on it.
The prime minister has met Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, where there will be questions over Beijing’s stance in the South China Sea.
The Albanese government is giving itself a tight deadline to pass new cybersecurity laws before the end of the year, but the Coalition says rushing the legislation risks unintended consequences.
Nations that score higher on economic complexity typically prove more resilient to shocks. Improving Australia's woeful global ranking is a top priority for the Centre for Policy Development.
Labor clearly wants to make the potential privatisation of the NBN an election battleground. But do voters really care deeply about the issue?
Might the solution to productivity woes lay not with the government but with business leaders themselves?
A big question hanging over ASEAN this week is whether stalwart member Indonesia will pivot under the leadership of President-elect Probowo Subianto
The backbench MP has been dealing with an increased workload for months.
The investment firm's modelling has been sent to a parliamentary inquiry looking into mortgage regulations.
Labor’s bills to improve housing supply are still stuck in the Senate as parliament returns. But internal government briefs show growing pressure to address the demand side of the crisis.
It's going to be a short week in Canberra but by no means a quiet one as debate heats up on housing policy and several RBA officials take the stage.
The prime minister's appearance alongside a candidate in Western Sydney today shows why he may face a battle to keep the focus on his domestic agenda.
With Labor's latest housing policy stuck in the Senate, how would the crossbench treat the issue if given the balance of power after the election?
Revelations that a ministerial staffer lost federal cabinet papers at Doha Airport last year add a layer of intrigue to Labor's controversial Qatar Airways decision.
A locked bag containing cabinet documents was lost at Doha Airport one week before the Albanese government controversially blocked Qatar Airways from launching additional flights to Australia.
With a lack of legal clarity and caselaw on copyright and AI, law firms are trying to push to the front of the advisory pack.
There are concerns that Israel's potential response to Iran's rocket attack could plunge the region into all-out war involving the US.
With two consecutive surpluses under its belt, the government may well be tempted to pull the pin on an early election.
