Tag: biometrics

Govt unveils digital ID private sector expansion plans

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government has released more details on its plan to expand its digital identity scheme to the private sector and the states, as it pushes to significantly accelerate the...

Biometrics scoped for digital ID scheme

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Private companies will soon be able to join the government’s federated digital identity program with the further use of biometrics also being scoped. The Digital Transformation Agency has now...

Face recognition hearing cancelled

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A public hearing into the federal government’s highly controversial facial recognition database plans has been cancelled at the last minute. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS)...

Vic’s road-test Fed biometric database

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Victoria will be the first state to test the federal government’s controversial national facial recognition database, but access to the biometric data will be restricted to state authorities, at...

NEC Australia loses half its leadership

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The departure of NEC Australia general manager Mike Barber means half of the tech company’s leadership team has left in the last year and a half, in the wake...

Report urges facial ID transparency

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government should be more transparent about its use of facial recognition technology and work more closely with the private sector in development ICT tools for law enforcement,...

$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...

Report: ‘Litany of failures’

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There has been a “litany of failures largely unprecedented in scale” in the federal government’s digital transformation efforts, with a need for major structural changes and long-term whole-of-government approaches,...

Tech wreck report delayed again

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A Senate report on the federal government’s series of “tech wrecks” has been delayed again following the shuttering of another high-profile IT project. The Labor-led Finance and Public Administration...