Tag: Home Affairs

Industry data classifications to help manage breach risk

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian organisations now have access to a free government tool to classify and label the data they hold to ensure appropriate protections are in place and they can follow...

NSW to send licence photos to national facial ID system

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Millions of driver’s licence photos from Australia’s most populous state are set to be uploaded to a national facial biometrics matching database, nearly a decade after the system was...

Cops’ data-without-borders law under review

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The legislation allowing US and Australian law enforcement authorities to seize data from people’s social media and emails accounts to counter serious crime will be reviewed by Parliament’s joint...

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...

Innovation visa off to slow start as tech dominates first year

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia filled only a fraction of places available under its flagship innovation visa scheme in its first year, with tech workers accounting for the overwhelming majority of invitations. Official...