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IDEMIA scores $180m deal to upgrade Australia's fingerprint system
Will shift system to protected cloud platform.
Dec 14 2021 7:02AM
ATO re-tenders for myGovID anti-spoofing facial recognition software
Liveness detection public beta now not expected until September 2021.
Sep 28 2020 11:41AM
Home Affairs switches on Australia's new biometrics travel platform
Unisys checking system goes live.
Jun 4 2020 11:04AM
NSW Police extends IDEMIA deal for cop shop biometric scanners
LiveScan now supported until 2026.
Mar 31 2020 3:09PM
Home Affairs delays Australia's airport smartgate upgrade
Rollout now planned from 2021.
Dec 20 2019 7:05AM
Border Force IT outage knocks airport smartgates offline
'Intermittent' issues impacting only arriving passengers.
Dec 3 2019 1:44PM
Home Affairs purges public details of Australia's airport smartgate upgrade
Confusion over border IT project continues.
Nov 28 2019 6:55AM
Home Affairs extends Vision-Box airport departures smartgates deal
But no word on status of arrivals deal.
Sep 27 2019 10:55AM
Future of facial recognition at Australian airports now uncertain
Home Affairs moves to remediate old stock amid replacement project.
Aug 23 2019 7:02AM
Australia's airport smartgate upgrade stalls
Only operational trial paused.
Jul 15 2019 7:25AM
Incumbent scores big after national biometrics system fail
ACIC hands IDEMIA $34m to continue NAFIS support.
Feb 19 2019 7:04AM
Second Aussie airport gets new contactless arrivals smartgates
And another lines up.
Feb 12 2019 7:20AM
DTA embeds proof-of-life test in Govpass to thwart ID fraud
Australia gets a national selfie check.
Sep 13 2018 6:55AM
NSW RMS replaces facial recognition system
Dumps Morpho for NEC.
Jul 2 2018 11:45AM
