Cyber crime costs the Australian economy millions of dollars a year.ShutterstockPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today released the government’s Cyber Security Strategy. A total of A$230 million will be spent over the next four years to “enhance Australia’s cyber security capability and deliver new initiatives”.
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Governments need not only to create affordable housing, but to keep it affordable in the long run.AAP/Tracey NearmyAverage house rents in metropolitan Melbourne have increased by 5.3%, with apartment rents growing by 2.8%, over the last three months. A lack of affordable rental properties is a problem in Sydney too. This has fuelled speculation of...
The federal government responded to calls for a banking royal commission with a raft of changes to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) but for consumers, who bore the brunt of the recent financial scandals, it is further potential changes to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) that may matter the most.
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Resolution and reconciliation following major conflicts takes time, has many dimensions, and takes place at all levels of society.shutterstockMore than 50 years after the arbitrary killing, torture and imprisonment of more than a million communists and their sympathisers in Indonesia, the government has for the first time hosted a two-day national...
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