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After years of friction, the federal government is finally seeing eye-to-eye with the states, and has given its support for jamming mobile phones in prisons.
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has been awarded a new contract worth AU$40 million with the Department of Justice in Western Australia.
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The federal government has formally asked the Australian Communications Authority to investigate the feasibility of allowing state governments to jam mobile phone signals in jails.
The Australian Communications Authority has ruled out legalising mobile phone jammers, or making an exception for Australian prisons.
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