The New South Wales government will begin testing the photo verification technology that will underpin its answer to digital identity through a series of pilot programs slated for launch...
Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...
A New South Wales parliamentary committee has “strongly endorsed” an inquiry into the development and use of artificial intelligence next year after referral by Customer Service and Digital Government...
The use of facial recognition by law enforcement is “misunderstood” and there is no agreed definition of high-risk applications, according to NSW Police, which has defended employing the controversial...
The New South Wales government is rolling out new facial recognition technology in the state’s prisons in a bid to accelerate identity enrolment and verification for those entering and...
The government has released more details on its plan to expand its digital identity scheme to the private sector and the states, as it pushes to significantly accelerate the...
Private companies will soon be able to join the government’s federated digital identity program with the further use of biometrics also being scoped. The Digital Transformation Agency has now...
A public hearing into the federal government’s highly controversial facial recognition database plans has been cancelled at the last minute. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS)...
Victoria will be the first state to test the federal government’s controversial national facial recognition database, but access to the biometric data will be restricted to state authorities, at...
The departure of NEC Australia general manager Mike Barber means half of the tech company’s leadership team has left in the last year and a half, in the wake...
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