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• Morrison announces ministerial reshuffle, new Services Australia agency

  ​Paul Fletcher has been named Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new look ministry.

• Law Council: Turnover based fines for social media platforms sets ‘dangerous precedent’

  ​Government plans to fine social media companies up to 10 per cent of their annual turnover for failing to quickly remove violent material from their platforms sets a “dangerous precedent”, according to the president of the Law Council of Australia.

• Social media, ISP execs to face PM grilling over role in spreading hate

  ​Executives from Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter will meet with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday, to discuss measures to curb ‘hate content’ on their platforms, it has been reported.

• Former Defence CISO to government: Get the basics right on cyber security

  ​Former Department of Defence chief information security officer Lynwen Connick has called on the government to "get the basics right" around digital security in the wake of a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer network.

• Gender pay gap transparency: How would Australia's tech titans fare?

  If the proposal goes ahead it will lay bare those companies that have the highest gender pay gaps and fewest women in leadership positions.

• Dutton is Morrison’s cyber man

  The government no long has a dedicated cyber security minister, with responsibility for information security policy being the domain of the minister of home affairs.

• Huawei, ZTE banned from Australian 5G rollouts

  Huawei says the government has informed the company that it, along with fellow Chinese telecommunications equipment provider ZTE, has been banned from providing 5G technology to Australia's telcos.

• Draft laws relax regulation on fintechs

  The government published draft laws today that would let financial technology companies operate without a full licence, a measure it said would encourage innovation without compromising existing levels of consumer protection.

• ​BUDGET 2017: Government to introduce levy for foreign workers

  Companies hiring workers from overseas on the new temporary skills shortage visa and certain permanent skilled visas will be slugged with a levy that will go into the government’s new ‘Skilling Australians Fund.’

• ​Budget 2016: Taskforce to crack down on tax avoidance

  The government is creating a new operational taskforce of more than 1,000 specialist staff at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to prosecute companies, multinationals and high wealth individuals who are not paying enough tax.

• Customs to deploy new Border Clearance System

  Australian Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS) will roll out a new Border Clearance System with control room capabilities that support an increasing number of biometric eGates.
  

• Immigration and Border Protection to invest $700 million in border security

  Travellers entering Australia will be checked to see if they have undeclared criminal convictions against a biometrics database, Federal Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison announced today.