On 2 December 2025 the Australian Government released its National AI Plan (Plan). The Plan sets out the Australian Government's commitment and approach to fostering AI innovation, adoption and investment...
The AI Plan for the Australian Public Service (AI Plan) is an ambitious initiative to embed artificial intelligence (AI) across the Australian Public Service (APS) by mid-2026. The AI Plan...
On 8 October 2025, the Federal Court issued the first civil penalty under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act). The $5.8 million penalty represents a step-change in the enforcement...
The cyber risk landscape continues to shift as threat actors tap into emerging technologies, geopolitical tensions heighten, and enforcement action increases.
AI has a huge role to play within the cyber security context, but with the good often comes the bad.
From “humble” beginnings, ransomware has evolved rapidly in tactics, scale and organisational structure. It is now a billion-dollar enterprise and predicted to cost US$265 billion annually by 2031.
As we look to 2025 and beyond, four key themes will impact the cyber insurance industry.
On 29 November 2024, the Senate passed the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill) implementing a first tranche of recommendations from the Attorney-General’s Privacy Act Review Report...
The Australian Parliament has now passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Mergers and Acquisitions Reform) Bill 2024. Further to our previous legal insight article, this introduces a mandatory notification administrative model...
The Security of Critical Infrastructure and Other Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Response and Prevention) Bill 2024 (Cth) will amend the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth).
To complement the 'limited use' obligation on the NCSC introduced by the Cyber Security Bill, the Intelligence Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Cyber Security) Bill 2024 (Cth) amends the Intelligence...
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