Cristen Tilley

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Julian Fell |Georgina Piper |Cristen Tilley

The communications regulator has not collected basic data on how telcos have implemented a new phone-blocking rule following the 3G network shutdown, despite flagging a potential "conflict of interest" inherent to it. Days ahead of the shutdown late last year, the government finalised a new "direction" that required telecom companies to refuse service to phones that relied on 3G for making emergency calls.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Margaret Burin |Cristen Tilley |Matthew Liddy |Ashley Kyd

And it's dealt a serious blow to their pipeline of future leadership talent. No matter how you look at it, the election map paints a very confronting picture for the Coalition. Whether it was their policy agenda or Peter Dutton's leadership, the message from the suburbs couldn't be clearer — they didn't want what the Liberal Party was selling. At the moment, there are still 16 seats undecided — they're the ones with the stripes. But even so, our big cities are now all a sea of Labor red.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Georgina Piper |Matthew Liddy |Cristen Tilley |Julian Fell

Australian voters have delivered Anthony Albanese "a win for the ages" that should see Labor with more seats than at any point in its history. More even than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke after their most famous victories. Albanese outperformed the polls and the pundits' expectations on a historic night that will leave the Coalition interrogating where it all went so very wrong, with Peter Dutton "fired into the Sun" and many other senior figures and potential future leaders wiped out.

Feb 26, 2025 | abc.net.au | Simon Elvery |Teresa Tan |Cristen Tilley |Matthew Liddy

As schools ask parents to read hundreds of thousands of words to consent to technology usage in classrooms, who's protecting their children's data? When Kim Nguyen's daughter started a new year at primary school, there was one permission form that really took her aback. "The first impression is: 'Oh my God, there's so many things'."It was asking her to consent to her daughter's personal details being used on more than 20 "third party online service providers [that] are external to the school".

Jan 27, 2025 | abc.net.au | Julian Fell |Teresa Tan |Cristen Tilley

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