Guest: Gareck Packer, one of the Directors of Consul8, speaks to us from Brisbane about the Guardian emergency response app to facilitate evacuations.

News in brief:

• How the Federal Budget affects the technology sector
• Keeping electronic devices sanitised while delivering Ebola medical assistance.
• Netflix reporting on Australian ISP speeds
• Office of the Australian Information Commissioner participating in the Global Provacy Enforcement Network Privacy Sweep.

Events and Opportunities:

• Google Anita Borg Scholarship
• Metadata in the Networked Society

Presented by Vanessa Toholka & Cassie Wright.