Australia DoD looks to facial recognition to ID bodies in disaster response
The Australian Department of Defence is working on a project using artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition to identify the…
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Australia’s digital identity providers could help improve cybersecurity
Australian businesses must now submit cyber security risk reports to government agencies once a year to increase cybersecurity following recent…
Australian pols giddy with state and federal integration over digital ID
Australia’s efforts to get digital IDs into people’s hands shows, even winning over snarky journalists with the progress. Almost 80…
Mixed reactions as Australia’s NSW politicians eye facial recognition for gaming industry
Both Liberal and Labor party politicians in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) say the deployment of facial…
Police plan expansions of facial recognition across Ireland, Australia, US, Nigeria
Public officials in several countries are pushing deployment or regulation of face biometrics to improve security. In Ireland, Justice Minister…
Australian gov’t points to what could be with myGov. Not everyone sees it
Australia’s myGov digital ID efforts continue to suffer the slings and arrows of skeptics while the government works on new…
Porn back as political hurdle for age verification in UK, Australia takes next step
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been prompted by his Conservative Party members to increase the strictness of age security…
Digital ID advances can ease online voting in Australia, former election official suggests
Australia’s former New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC) chief information officer (CIO) Ian Brightwell has suggested that digital ID credentials…
Australia awards Fujitsu $26M contract for ID matching, considers face biometrics database
The Australian Department of Home Affairs has awarded Fujitsu Australia an AU$37.6 million (roughly US$26.2 million) contract to handle the…
Thales aces mDL, digital identity interoperability test to ISO standard in Australia
Thales is claiming success in an interoperability test for mobile driver’s licenses and digital identities based on the ISO standard….
