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Freedoms
September 6, 2021
Senator James Paterson says he fears public trust in Covid Check-In apps will be undermined if police use the QR data to investigate crime.
National Security
Curtin University lobbies for retraction of unethical AI study on Uyghur facial recognition
September 15, 2021
An Australian university implicated in unethical research using facial recognition technology to identify Uyghur and Tibetan minorities has unsuccessfully lobbied for it to be retracted by publishers on multiple attempts.
SAS survives to fight another day as Peter Dutton reverses recruitment move
September 11, 2021
Peter Dutton has reaffirmed the elite status of Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment, overruling a Defence plan to strip it of its ability to select its own recruits.
Test cricket match between Australia and Afghanistan likely to be cancelled after Taliban says it will ban women from playing
September 9, 2021
Calls for the police to stop accessing check-in data
The nation’s privacy watchdog has called for police forces to be banned from accessing information from QR code check-in applications after law enforcement agencies have sought to use the contact-tracing data on at least six occasions to solve unrelated crimes.
Afghanistan and the National Socialist Network | Senator Paterson on Sky
August 17, 2021
Senator James Paterson joins Afternoon Agenda host Kieran Gilbert to discuss the distressing events unfolding in Kabul and the rise of ideologically motivated extremism in Australia.
Victoria lockdown and vaccines | Senator Paterson on Sky
August 9, 2021
