Tag: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Civil society ‘ignored’ on hacking bill inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Civil society has been “completely sidelined and ignored” in the inquiry into the government’s proposed new hacking powers, after no civil or digital rights groups were invited to the...

Tech progress in last week of Parliament

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A significant restructuring of the popular export market development grant program has passed Parliament, while a number of major tech-related pieces of legislation will remain there over summer. Changes...

Biometric fiasco heads to court

Posted on   |  by James Riley
NEC Australia says it has commenced court proceedings in the Victorian Supreme Court to recover costs and expenses related to a failed $90 million biometric project with the Australian...

$26m lost on biometric project 

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At least $26 million in taxpayer funds was lost on the national crime intelligence commission’s doomed biometrics project before it was canned earlier this year. In June the ACIC...

$90m biometrics project scrapped

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A $90 million government biometrics project run by NEC Australia has been scrapped following continual delays, an overblown budget and the prospects of an audit. NEC Australia was awarded...