Border Force union criticises ‘politicisation’ of staff

CPSU unhappy with Operation Fortitude

31 August, 2015

Australian airports to be hit by mass strikes Monday

Immigration and Border Protection to walk off job.

30 July, 2015

Strikes hit merged Immigration and Border Protection on first day

Unhappy financial new year.

29 June, 2015

Australia’s first Cyber budget?

Data deluge needs coherent management.

15 June, 2015

Biometric facial matching for outbound Aussie passengers accelerated

Terror crackdown prompts Customs to expedite installation of new biometric passport gates.

27 May, 2015

Strikes at ATO primed for Tax Time

‘Council of war’ convened for federal industrial campaign.

30 April, 2015

Tributes flow for Malcolm Fraser

Passing of champion of multiculturalism and human rights mourned.

23 March, 2015

Contention over muzzling government employee Tweets

By Charles Power* Social media is good for business.  However when the business of an organisation is the development of government policy, the use of Twitter, Facebook and other platforms by public servants can create problems. This was certainly the experience of the Commonwealth Department of Immigration who discovered an officer using the Twitter handle’ […]

20 August, 2013

Big biometric upgrade for Immigration

By Julian Bajkowski The Department of Immigration and Citizenship has gone to market for a substantial upgrade of its biometric identification systems that use facial recognition and fingerprinting systems to electronically check-up on prospective entrants to Australia. Tender documents released to the market reveal that Immigration authorities are seeking to buy commercial-off-the-shelf technology that will […]

15 October, 2012