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• Senate passes passport biometric, RFID legislation

  The Australian Senate last night passed tougher passport laws providing for the use of facial biometrics and radio frequency identification technology, as well as the setting up of comprehensive data exchanges.

• Biometric security will be ready in time for new US rules: DFAT

  The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) today expressed confidence that biometric security systems needed to comply with new passport requirements for entry to the United States would be ready before the October deadline.

• New AU high security passport omits biometrics

  The Australian government yesterday launched a new "tamper-resistant" passport, but has stopped short of including new biometric technologies required for the nation's continued participation in the United States visa waiver program beyond late 2004.

• Customs stalls on releasing biometric passport survey

  The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is refusing to release results of its survey of Qantas personnel participating in a pilot of its SmartGate biometric facial recognition technology at Sydney Airport.

• AU Opposition slams NetAlert funding reduction

  The federal Opposition has blasted as inadequate the reduced funding allocated by the Government to Internet watchdog NetAlert.

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