Aboriginal Flag ‘in public hands’ after Australian government buys copyright Federal Harold Thomas, a Luritja artist, created the red, yellow and black flag in 1970 in a design he says represents the land and Aboriginal people’s…
Who owns the copyright to your tattoo? Tuesday August 11, 2020 By Marie Hadley Community & Social In Australia, the person who reduces the artwork to “material form” is the default copyright owner. This means that the tattooist is usually the first…
NSW government settles eight-year dispute over payment for intellectual property Wednesday February 12, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins New South Wales The NSW government and the body representing the copyright interests of Australian creatives have settled a dispute over payment regarding the use of licensed material…
We created the system, and therefore we can reinvent the system: the urgency behind public sector reform Wednesday October 9, 2019 By Pia Andrews Editors' Picks Even if people are motivated to understand something fundamentally new to their worldview, it doesn’t necessarily translate into how they behave. It is easier to…
Tom Burton: the case for the Department of Digital Wednesday August 9, 2017 By Tom Burton Features The digital revolution is well under way, rapidly causing massive change, challenges and opportunities. Yet there is no consolidated policy agency with deep digital smarts…
Discussion paper: online copyright infringement Wednesday July 30, 2014 By The Mandarin Communications & Technology The federal government wants to move on Australia's rampant illegal downloaders, releasing a discussion paper to beef up copyright infringement powers.
