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  • 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.

  • SmartGate critics will be silenced: Report author

    Critics of the SmartGate facial recognition system will soon be silenced said the co-author of the first comprehensive study on the program expected to be released next year.

  • SmartGate biometric system under question

    Irregularities in evaluations of SmartGate's over its six week trial period have raised questions about Customs Minister Chris Ellison's claims concerning the biometric passport systems' performance.

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