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Prime minister Anthony Albanese hopes the government will release exposure draft legislation for its proposed artificial intelligence rules before the end of 2026, ahead of introducing a bill to Parliament early next year.
SIGN UP TO READThe NSW government has established a new grants program that co-fund telco infrastructure in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, focused on Dubbo and Mudgee. The government indicated that funding for both mobile and fixed broadband projects was on offer, but did not provide additional detail.
SIGN UP TO READOptus will raise prices across most of its Flex Plus prepaid mobile recharges from 30 September, while retiring a range of legacy prepaid plans and migrating affected customers to Flex Plus from 24 August.
SIGN UP TO READHome Affairs has engaged 1 and One Consulting to help prepare an independent impact analysis of proposed changes to the Security of Critical Infrastructure regime, including efforts to broaden coverage of the subsea cable ecosystem, clarify data centre coverage and address deficiencies in the telecommunications change notice regime.
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