Investigative Journalist Profile
Journalist & Editor
Tas is the founder of The Discloser. She has previously worked as a journalist and editor covering technology, business, and finance for various industry publications. Her stories have appeared on ZDNet, TechRepublic, Startup Daily, The Adviser, and Dynamic Business, among many others. Her professional experience also includes being a writer and strategist for creative agencies working with the world's biggest technology companies. Contact Tas via email on tips@thediscloser.com.au or thedisclosermedia@proton.me, or reach out anonymously on Signal: teebee.111.
A recent copyright legislative amendment that was positioned as a win for school kids, libraries, and museums, could be more of a win for big tech companies looking to avoid paying for pre-AI era material.
When iiNet defeated Hollywood studios in the High Court, the ruling turned on a crucial distinction: providing internet access was not the same as providing infringing content or the means of infringement. But generative AI may not fit so neatly on the same side of that line.
While investigating a string of issues, we watched story after story get culled, sidelined, or forgotten. Not because they lacked merit or the facts didn't hold up, but because they didn't fit an agenda, a schedule, or a commercial appetite.
Destination NSW, the organiser of Vivid Sydney, awarded a three-year paramedic contract to Surf Life Saving Services, an organisation that had no legal authority, licences, experience, or paramedic teams.