Responsibility for biometrics and identity policy in the federal government, as well as the controversial national facial recognition database that remains non-operational, will move under Attorney General Mark Dreyfus to be closer to the lead cybercrime agency.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed off on an Administrative Arrangements Order that will see identity and biometrics policy transfer from the Department of Home Affairs to the Attorney-General’s Department.
Home Affairs will, in turn, take ownership of protective security policy, which requires federal government agencies to implement the Essential Eight cybersecurity strategies and was employed to ban TikTok on government-issued devices in April.
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