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Home Affairs revives facial recognition plan for airports

A plan to introduce facial recognition SmartGates in the arrivals halls of Australia’s international airports has been revived, but the federal government will now adopt a two-step system that...

Australian unis back GDPR style data reforms

13 September 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

“Deficiencies” in Commonwealth privacy laws are stopping European researchers from sharing data with Australian counterparts and may force local projects offshore, researchers have warned. Universities are calling for an...

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

12 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has struggled to reach consensus among its diverse membership base on data localisation, but has broadly agreed that onshore hosting does not guarantee...

Big Tech at odds with governments over data localisation

8 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

State and territory governments and the national science agency are urging the federal government to explore data localisation requirements for both government and critical infrastructure providers, putting themselves at...

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

7 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

Global tech giants and their industry associations have rallied against the federal government introducing localisation requirements for data storage, arguing it brings no inherent benefit to cybersecurity and that...

‘Big dollars’ are needed to fix visa processing systems: O’Neil

2 September 2022 | by Justin Hendry

The federal government will need to spend “big dollars” fixing Australia’s visa processing systems, Home Affairs minister Clare O’Neil has acknowledged while ruling out any new funding in the...

10-year cyber strategy to be recast by Labor

19 August 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The new Labor government will significantly revise the former Coalition government’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy to account for pandemic developments and the growing threat landscape. The update will focus...

Health agency’s $27 million Global Switch exit running late

21 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Australian Digital Health Agency’s mandated move out of a Chinese owned data centre cost more than $27 million and is running late, missing the government’s deadline for a...

Home Affairs’ critical infrastructure issues exposed in ANAO report

22 June 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Serious issues in the Home Affairs department’s governance and enforcement of critical infrastructure protection have been exposed by the National Audit Office, which identified deficiencies in compliance activities, risk...

Australia finally has a dedicated minister for cyber security. Here’s why it’s important

6 June 2022 | by Ivano Bongiovanni

On Tuesday, Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced his government’s first full ministry, with Victorian member Clare O’Neil appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security....

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Home Affairs revives facial recognition plan for airports

Australian unis back GDPR style data reforms

Broad church: AIIA members divided over data localisation

Big Tech at odds with governments over data localisation

Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia

‘Big dollars’ are needed to fix visa processing systems: O’Neil

10-year cyber strategy to be recast by Labor

Health agency’s $27 million Global Switch exit running late

Home Affairs’ critical infrastructure issues exposed in ANAO report

Australia finally has a dedicated minister for cyber security. Here’s why it’s important

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