The national security legislation watchdog is considering whether Australiaâs peak criminal intelligence agency needs controversial powers that allow it to take over the online accounts of criminals and hack...
A national firearms register will be developed by Australia’s criminal intelligence agency following a $161.3 million commitment from the federal government. The funding will be included in the federal...
Civil society has been âcompletely sidelined and ignoredâ in the inquiry into the governmentâs proposed new hacking powers, after no civil or digital rights groups were invited to the...
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...
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...
At least $26 million in taxpayer funds was lost on the national crime intelligence commissionâs doomed biometrics project before it was canned earlier this year. In June the ACIC...
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...