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  • Budget 2006: Technology takes centrestage

    The federal government has confirmed funding for the controversial health and welfare access card scheme in tonight's budget. Airport security, Centrelink's call centre and DIMIA are other winners.

  • Facial recognition to reopen unsolved crimes

    Facial recognition technology will be rolled out across Victoria over the next 18 months allowing police to reopen 20,000 unsolved crimes.

  • Feds confirm smart card, Centrelink spend

    The federal government this evening confirmed it had allocated AU$1.09 billion over four years to a controversial health and welfare access card scheme, which a private consultant said would save AU$3 billion over 10 years.

  • Agencies to link in $25m australia.gov.au revamp

    Finance Minister Lindsey Tanner yesterday announced that EDS had won an AU$25 million contract over four years to create australia.gov.au, a 'one-stop-shop' for all government information and services.

  • Access Card re-draft fails to meet critics' concerns

    The Australian Democrats, the Australian Labor Party and privacy groups continue to hold serious concerns regarding the federal government's proposed Access Card, after a re-draft of the legislation was released on Thursday last week.

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    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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