This report summarises evidence from stakeholders and offers recommendations for amending the Bill before its passage. While generally supportive of the Bill's intent, the Committee identifies areas requiring refinement, particularly regarding children's online privacy, automated decision-making transparency, and the proposed statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy.

This report focuses on two aspects of how to fund news: news business innovations and news subsidies. It provides a global perspective on current challenges facing the news industry and makes recommendations for government towards a sustainable future for news.

This report examines the impact of digital platforms, particularly Meta, on the Australian news media landscape. It focuses on the consequences of Meta's decision to abandon deals under the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code and explores strategies to support public interest journalism in Australia.

There is some information that, in the wrong hands, could genuinely harm Australia’s national interests. Secrecy offences that criminalise unauthorised dealing with and communication of this type of information have a role to play in deterrence and punishment. This report considers whether the offences in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code operate in a way...

There has been a lot of consternation in recent years about the Commonwealth government's engagement of private consultancy services. A key recommendation stemming from this inquiry is for the Australian Parliament to legislate to establish a Joint Standing Committee to review and approve consultancy and services contracts, with provisions and thresholds similar to those in...