Most Australians support the use of facial recognition to access government services.
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NSW government introduces photo verification for online transactions
NSW will use photo verification, or ‘facial signatures’ as part of a pilot involving online government transactions.
ATO awards $11m contract for face scanning technology
A UK biometric authentication company will provide face scanning technology for myGovID.
Face recognition laws ‘could allow mass surveillance’
Proposed legislation would have allowed the government to collect and share biometric data.
Australia to trial world first city surveillance system
Australian cities will be a test bed for ‘next generation security’ systems that will combine live video with advanced real-time analytics for a level of surveillance impossible with current technology….
All aboard the surveillance express (Opinion)
To nobody’s surprise the special COAG anti-terrorism meeting has endorsed the Federal Government’s plans to vastly increase the apparatus of the surveillance state. The leaders of all Australia’s states and…
CrimTrac shops for $30m biometric ID overhaul
Aging national fingerprint system gets head-to-toe digital upgrade.
Biometric facial matching for outbound Aussie passengers accelerated
Terror crackdown prompts Customs to expedite installation of new biometric passport gates.
DFAT biometrics panel spans across agency borders
By Paul Hemsley The federal government is looking to deepen its use of facial and voice recognition technology for producing and issuing travel documents through the Australian Passport Office (APO)….
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…