All posts by Catherine Early

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  Cyber criminals targeted Australian government nearly 450 times in one year

  The Australian Government has published a three-pronged strategy to protect Australia from cyber attacks. A $1.67 billion plan has been launched to strengthen protection against cyber attacks targeting Australia’s government,

  • Posted August 10, 2020
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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  Germany urges tightening of draft European AI regs

  Rules governing artificial intelligence (AI) security at the EU level need to be strengthened to ensure ethical use of the technology, the German government has said. Berlin was responding to

  • Posted July 1, 2020
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  Unions vow to continue fighting White House moves to undermine workers

  White House attempts to undermine federal employee rights and union power are wasting government resources and have made it harder to protect worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

  • Posted June 30, 2020
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  Australian environment department failed in planning oversight role, says auditors

  Campaigners have called for the creation of an independent environmental protection agency in Australia, after the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) released a report condemning the government’s implementation of the

  • Posted June 29, 2020
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  National AI strategies more “aspirational than practical”, report finds

  National AI strategies lack planning for operational investments, are far more aspirational than practical and fail to consider funding realities, according to a new report by internationally-renowned think tank the

  • Posted June 24, 2020
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  Trump’s new overseas broadcast head sacks network chiefs and advisory boards

  A purge of senior leaders at the US agency tasked with providing news in countries without a free press has raised fears over the agency’s own autonomy. The new chief

  • Posted June 23, 2020
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  EU promises new digital taxes after US pulls out of talks

  An abrupt US decision to abandon international negotiations aimed at taxing tech giants has sparked fears of a trade war, with the European Commission and member states vowing to act

  • Posted June 22, 2020
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  The backlash against environmental sustainability – and how to overcome it

  Populist politicians are on the rise, tapping into widespread anger at economic decline and flatlining incomes. Catherine Early explores the rise of ‘just transition’ strategies, designed to ensure that new

  • Posted November 20, 2019
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  Use of earth observation data in UK government to be “mainstream” within a decade

  The use of “earth observation” technology is already common in government and will become mainstream within ten years, according to a UK government chief scientist. Earth observation data is gathered

  • Posted February 6, 2019
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