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• Business execs, academics call for urgent debate on AI ethics

  A group of Australian business leaders are calling for a national debate on the ethical issues related to AI as businesses rapidly invest in these technologies.

• Long-serving ACCC CIO Walkden to depart

  ​Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief information officer Adrian Walkden is departing after close to eight years, and retiring from the Australian Public Service.

• Unlockd enters administration, blames Google’s ‘anti-competitive conduct’

  Melbourne start-up Unlockd – which at the start of this year had been gearing up for an Australian Securities Exchange IPO – has gone into voluntary administration.

• Optus hit with $1.5M fine for misleading NBN customers

  The Federal Court has ordered Optus to pay $1.5 million for making misleading representations to customers about their transition from the telco’s HFC network to the NBN.

• Telstra to pay $10M for misleading 10,000 customers

  The Federal Court has ordered Telstra to pay a $10 million penalty for making false or misleading statements relate to its third-party billing service.

• AGL phishing scam hits local inboxes

  A new phishing email is hitting inboxes that impersonates energy company AGL and scams vulnerable people affected by recent storms and flooding into believing they could receive additional help with their bills.

• ​ACCC concerned about Telstra’s role in NBN

  NBN Co and Telstra have agreed to work with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to ensure Australia’s largest telco won’t gain an unfair advantage over competitors rolling out the national broadband network.

• Telstra access pricing to drop by 9.4%

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has ordered Telstra to cut the price it charges other telcos to access its copper network by 9.4 per cent, which may mean cheaper phone and internet services for consumers.
  

• Telstra to take wholesale price hit

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is eyeing a 9.6 per cent drop in prices that operators pay to use Telstra’s copper network to provide telecommunications services.
  

• NBN, Telstra seal network deal

  NBN will take ownership of Telstra’s copper and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cables to accelerate the rollout of the national broadband network after the competition watchdog gave final approval for the companies’ $11 billion deal.
  

• ACCC probing TPG/iiNet deal over lack of competition

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating if TPG Telecom’s proposed acquisition of iiNet would substantially lessen competition in the market for the supply of retail fixed broadband services.
  

• Uniform price changes to use Telstra’s copper network will provide ‘stability’: ACCC

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft decision on prices other telcos and operators would pay to use fixed line services supplied by Telstra on its copper network.

• TPG loses appeal, $2M fine reinstated for misleading ads

  The High Court of Australia today reinstated a $2 million penalty against telecommunications service provider TPG relating to misleading advertisements on appeal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
  

• Linux and Windows 8's secure boot: What we know so far

  Ever since it was first brought to light that Windows 8's secure boot mechanism could cause problems for Linux users, speculation has been running rampant as to the exact nature of the difficulties that may arise.