This roadmap provides strategic direction for government and industry to support First Nations digital empowerment and excellence. It makes immediate, short and long-term recommendations to improve digital affordability and data sovereignty, including the provision of unmetered access to .gov.au domains and a potential future First Nations domain.

This report examines how best to provide regional media with the resources it needs to produce quality public interest journalism, and, with that journalism, to establish links to metropolitan media, so that all Australians have a sense of what the significant issues facing regional dwellers are and how they can best be tackled by policymakers.

This report provides an updated analysis of the Australian search market following the emergence of generative AI. It finds that Google maintains its market dominance and reiterates previous recommendations for addressing potential consumer harms in the digital market.

This report finds that the vast majority of adult Australians want to be able to identify misinformation and are trying to do so. However, it also finds that many adult Australians overestimate their ability to verify information online. The research findings illustrate the need for media literacy initiatives.

This report explores changes in digital inclusion in remote First Nations communities over several years, what may be driving change, and what further is needed to ensure those living in remote communities are digitally included. It examines progress against Closing the Gap Target 17 that by 2026, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have equal...