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    NSW Justice Minister John Hatzistergos has demanded the federal government be quicker to embrace phone jamming in jails

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    Seven prison inmates in NSW have been given additional sentences after being found with mobile phones, the Minister for Justice John Hatzistergos said today, adding three more are due to face court on similar charges since the new laws came into effect last July.

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    Mobile phones are becoming a significant security threat in Australian correctional facilities, an investigation into the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre (MRRC) in Silverwater NSW has revealed, however the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) is at a loss of how to address the problem.

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    The Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus has encouraged state and territory governments to introduce new laws to combat identity theft but observers have cast doubt over their potential effectiveness.

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    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

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