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• Ozlog: Government pushes ahead with data retention plans

  The federal government is pushing ahead with reforms that could see consumers' information kept on file for up to two years by internet service providers (ISPs).

• Fast Five: this week in IT, 02/09

  Your hand-picked five-minute wrap up of the biggest Australian IT stories of the week.

• WA Attorney-General embarks on telephony rip and replace

  The Department of the Western Australian Attorney-General in Perth is looking at options to replace its aging PABX telephony setup.

• Attorney-General rules out SCADA security regulations

  The Federal Attorney-General’s Department has ruled out regulation of security standards for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems for critical infrastructure, despite a mounting threat landscape.

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  Data retention fine as it is: AFP

  The Federal Attorney-General department’s proposed data retention regime would bolster evidence used to combat cybercrime, but would not add significant information that isn’t currently accessible.

• Cybercrime tops Attorneys General meeting

  The Federal and State government attorney generals have agreed to establish a National Cybercrime Working Group to coordinate a response to online threats, including the increasing rate of bullying.

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  Government to open data, turn social in wake of taskforce report

  The Federal Government has agreed to implement 12 of the 13 recommendations laid-out in the Government 2.0 Taskforce report released last December.

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  Auditor gives fail to $24.8m document verification service

  The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has ripped into a $24.8 million national Document Verification Service (nDVS) set up under the Howard Government as making little to no contribution to helping reduce identity theft.

• Attorney General's Department turns new leaf on old library system

  The Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) is to replace its Library Management System with a web-based, hosted system.

• Telecommunications Amendment Bill passes

  The Federal Government’s Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 has passed the Senate, widening the range of options for private entities to protect their IT networks from cyber attack.

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  Classification stall puts gamers on edge

  The release date of a government discussion paper on content classification could create a watershed for Australian gamers who are set to suffer under the national Internet filtering scheme.