Digital Regulation Research, Forecasts & Analysis

How Regulation Squeezes Investment in Telco Network Resilience: What Needs to Change

: This week's Telstra outage has triggered an almost ritual cascade of condemnation from politics and media. But the Australian mobile network isn't getting more unreliable objectively. Rather, our dependence on it is growing. The only solution is more investment to meet this need. This report looks…

Nine/Microsoft news deal points to the alternative to News Media Bargaining conflict

: This landmark deal allows Copilot to utilise full-text articles from Nine's mastheads, including paywalled content, to inform and 'ground' its AI search. The agreement facilitates the generation of summaries and headlines with direct attribution and click-through links, establishing a new commercia…

Frontier AI is Now a Weapon: US Recall of Claude Fable 5 Exposes Australia's and New Zealand's Digital Blind Spot

: The abrupt global suspension of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models on June 12, 2026, represents a critical shift in the geopolitics of advanced technology. By using export control authorities to restrict access to software models, the United States government has…

Australia's AI Bargain: Capital Without Control

: Australia is absorbing large-scale AI infrastructure investment — led by Anthropic and Microsoft — under a policy framework that is deliberately non-binding. The National AI Plan (2026) positions Australia as a destination for foreign AI capital but imposes no mandatory guardrails on frontier AI de…

Explainer: Starlink LEOSat technology evolution

: This explainer analyses the rapid technological iteration of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, tracing its evolution from the 20 Gbps V1 baseline to the upcoming 1 Tbps V3 satellites. It explores how these advancements shift Starlink from a niche rural provider to a direct competitor for t…

SpaceX’s Starlink Ambition: How LEOSat Threatens Telcos’ Grip on the ANZ Connectivity Market

: This report explores the impact of expanding Starlink LEOSat capacity in the ANZ market, and how domestic telecommunications operators in these markets will be affected by growing competition from Starlink broadband and mobile services.

New Spectrum Taxes: Why “Business As Usual” is a Perilous Assumption

: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has finalised a $7.32 billion spectrum license renewal fee, a decision that has met with significant industry resistance. This report analyzes the disconnect between regulatory pricing models and the emerging reality of the digital economy, w…