Tag: Home Affairs

Medicare data bill gets the nod

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Controversial legislation greatly expanding the scope of Medicare data-matching is set to sail through Parliament after Labor offered its full support for the bill. The Health Legislation Amendment (Data-matching)...

Data sharing on cyber is critical

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Some of Australia’s largest institutions have called on the federal government to improve threat intelligence data-sharing to combat nation-state cyber attacks. Multiple submissions from big four banks and Australia’s...

Face recognition for accessing porn?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has floated an idea to use its facial recognition technology to verify the age of Australians trying to access pornography online. In a submission to a...

Robo-debt risk of visa privatisation

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s controversial plan to privatise aspects of the visa system could lead to other disasters like the robo-debt scandal, the public sector union has warned. In a submission...

Gov’t ID review finally delivered

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
A long-overdue review into identity security has finally been handed to government, just as the Coalition recommits to its controversial facial recognition legislation. The Department of Home Affairs launched...

Five Eyes’ data access warning

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The political leadership of the Five Eyes’ law enforcement infrastructure has put the world’s tech giants on notice that governments expect them to open up encrypted data – and...

Cyber, DTA still up in the air

Posted on   |  by Vitaly
The reporting lines for key components of the Australian Government cyber security infrastructure remains unsettled following last week’s change of Prime Minister, while the fate of the Digital Transformation...