Tag: Senate inquiry
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Under-16s Social Media Ban Gets Senate Scrutiny: Meta, TikTok and Snapchat in the Hot Seat
Australia’s Under-16s Social Media Ban at the Senate Inquiry Australia’s cross-party inquiry into the Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code—informally known as the under-16s social media ban—delivered a tense exchange as executives from Meta, TikTok and Snapchat faced questions about how young Australians would navigate the ban. The hearing, led by the Environment and…
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Gaza ceasefire credit: Labor claim challenged as Optus outage probe calls grow
Gaza ceasefire credit under scrutiny as Australian opposition questions Labor claims The debate over who deserves credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal has intensified in Australia, with shadow communications minister Melissa McIntosh telling the ABC that it is “quite extraordinary” for the Albanese government to claim global pressure, including Australia’s, as a decisive factor. McIntosh…
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McIntosh questions Labor’s Gaza ceasefire credit and pushes for Optus outage reforms in Australia
Australian political debate centers on Gaza ceasefire credit and Optus outage response In a flurry of interviews and public appearances, shadow communications minister Melissa McIntosh has stoked two major debates shaping Australian politics: who deserves credit for the Gaza ceasefire deal and how the country should respond to the Optus triple-zero outage last month that…
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Melissa McIntosh pushes for Senate inquiry into Optus outage and questions Labor on Gaza ceasefire credit
McIntosh calls for Senate inquiry into Optus outage and stronger telco oversight Australia’s shadow communications spokesperson, Melissa McIntosh, has urged Parliament to establish a Senate inquiry into the Optus outage that led to the deaths of four people last month. Speaking to the ABC, she argued that the event revealed both a technical disaster within…
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Optus email mishap leaves inquiry into triple-0 outage in the dark
Overview: Email misstep compounds a critical outage saga The Optus triple-0 outage that left a department in the dark for more than a day has taken another troubling turn, with officials revealing that two notices were sent to an outdated public service email address. The mix-up occurred on the day of the fault, heightening questions…