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Biometric fiasco heads to court

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...

$26m lost on biometric project 

Posted on   |  by James Riley
At least $26 million in taxpayer funds was lost on the national crime intelligence commission’s doomed biometrics project before it was canned earlier this year. In June the ACIC...

$90m biometrics project scrapped

Posted on   |  by James Riley
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...