Regulation
Entrepreneurs and startup founders are worried about collateral damage from Labor's newly announced merger reforms. But don't expect any sympathy from Rod Sims.
The recent progress of the government's Digital ID plans could have implications for AI use, with privacy lawyers pointing to a developing labyrinth of AI regulation for Australian businesses even though the government is yet to pass any AI specific laws or regulations.
Treasury has delayed the start of its new climate reporting regime by six months. But heavy emitters and private companies are among those that still have major gripes with how the new regime will operate.
Have Australian banks become too risk averse? The push to make the country's banking system safer may have actually increased the risk in the broader financial system.
Changes in the attitudes of lenders — and borrowers — were already driving down insolvencies before the pandemic hit.
Amid a cacophony of noise over Meta's decision to walk away from funding the news media in Australia, one calm voice has prevailed.
The Albanese government wants to tackle scams with mandatory codes of conduct for banks, telcos and digital platforms. In a new written submission, Meta is calling instead for an industry-led code.
The engagement comes amid the departure of Lee Hunter, TikTok’s general manager in Australia and New Zealand, who last week told industry associates he was poised to step down.
Large Australian companies will be forced to reveal the risks of climate change to their operations under a mandatory reporting regime effective from 1 July. But are they ready?
The Productivity Commission is urging policymakers to balance the need to manage consent requirements of collecting data while pursuing the potential productivity and economic gains AI has to offer.
At a time of rising concerns about the impact of AI, the Productivity Commission is calling for a light touch approach to regulating the technology in the economy.
The news that the government is proposing an increase in sophisticated investor thresholds lit up LinkedIn in a way that Twitter scandals used to. But it increasingly looks as though the media and the ecosystem have run ahead of themselves on the yarn.
