This policy brief responds to an issues paper on a Digital Duty of Care. It argues for legislating a systems‑based framework to improve online safety, protect rights and deliver long‑term public value. It proposes two design models and calls for stronger transparency, legal and technical infrastructure, and a national platform observatory to monitor algorithms and...

This submission responds to the NSW Legislative Council Inquiry on Data Centres, focusing on planning frameworks, governance, transparency and accountability. It argues for a whole‑of‑life public accountability framework that treats data centres as major infrastructure, and sets out 9 recommendations to strengthen regulatory oversight, environmental protection and public‑interest outcomes in NSW.

This report demonstrates that misleading information flourishes in online election advertising and lacks transparency and accountability. Misinformation, scare tactics and messages exploiting cost of living pressures of ‘every day’ struggling Australians is central to both online and other election ads. The report proposes five recommendations to strengthen transparency and improve election advertising online.

This submission addresses policy reform areas in the Australian Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Pillar 3: harnessing data and digital technology. It focuses on enabling artificial intelligence's productivity potential and supporting safe data access and use through outcomes-based privacy regulation. The submission raises doubts about the interim report’s much-hyped productivity gains.

This submission highlights that Australia's regulatory approach to new technology and artificial intelligence has come at the cost of updating general, underlying data and consumer frameworks. The submission endorses a shift in approach to digital regulation that is more outcomes-based and positively framed across all areas of digital reform.