Tag: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Secrecy clouds delivery of National Firearms Register

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal agencies have refused to say which company is delivering vital digital police infrastructure promised in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting. The National Firearms Register (NFR), which...

Gig Guide: Home Affairs loses tech chief Kovacevic to Austrade

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The federal government’s trade investment agency has poached Home Affairs’ long-serving chief digital officer Radi Kovacevic, as the public service continues to grapple with the internal impact of artificial...

National gun register stalls as states’ paper trail frustrates

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Uncertainty remains around delivery of the long-promised National Firearms Register (NFR), a Senate committee has been told, with most states and territories still struggling to transition from paper record-keeping...

‘Function creep’: New police hacking powers spark warning

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Internet Australia has raised alarm about the proposed expansion of controversial police hacking powers under the guise of “technical” changes that it says amounts to “function creep”. In submission...

Budget to include $161m for national firearms register

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
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 ‘ignored’ on hacking bill inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Civil society has been “completely sidelined and ignored” in the inquiry into the government’s proposed new hacking powers, after no civil or digital rights groups were invited to the...

Tech progress in last week of Parliament

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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...