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Home Affairs delays Australia's airport smartgate upgrade
Rollout now planned from 2021.
Dec 20 2019 7:05AM
Australia to 'fast-track' permanent residency for highly-skilled tech migrants
Seven "future-focused fields" targeted under new visa scheme.
Nov 4 2019 6:14PM
Home Affairs takes $80m hit on visa platform outsourcing
Spends big on design, procurement.
Nov 4 2019 12:45PM
ACCC urged to probe $1bn visa platform outsourcing deal
Weeks out from contract being awarded.
Oct 10 2019 5:38PM
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Border Force deploy iPhones for roving airport biometric checks
Confirms identity in less than 60 seconds.
Oct 1 2019 6:55AM
Home Affairs $1bn visa platform outsourcing riddled with IT risks
Former visa system chief warns.
Sep 26 2019 7:00AM
Australia will now headhunt tech talent for permanent residency
‘Global Talent Officers’ to recruit 5000 skilled migrants.
Aug 13 2019 1:54PM
US work visa program won't punish countries that force local data storage
State Department denies talk of visa caps.
Jun 21 2019 12:46PM
Home Affairs narrows down bids for billion-dollar visa platform deal
Two consortiums in race for lucrative contract.
Dec 10 2018 1:17PM
Tech executives tell Germany to scrap 'hate-filled' migrant campaign
Scores of tech entrepreneurs in Berlin sign letter.
Nov 30 2018 6:55AM
Infosys hires 1200 locals as 457 visa cull hits
40 percent of new roles to be graduates.
Nov 22 2018 7:00AM
Home Affairs nears ASD Top 4 compliance
Whitelisting, OS patching added to the books.
Aug 21 2018 12:00PM
Mobile check-in goes live for Australian international flights
Qantas to introduce service in October.
Aug 6 2018 11:30AM
Australia's foreign IT worker numbers go missing
Disrupted by paperless transformation.
Jun 29 2018 12:10PM
Immigration's data breach victims could be compensated
OAIC asks those affected to provide info.
Jan 24 2018 11:25AM
Australia's new visa system could use AI to spot dubious applicants
So staff can focus on 'high risk clients'.
Jan 16 2018 6:30AM
Aussie passport applications go digital
Starting with SA, Tas.
Oct 30 2017 6:30AM
Unisys shoots past ten years in Immigration outsourcing deal
And hundreds of millions of dollars.
Oct 18 2017 9:34AM
Border Force trials iPhones for identity checks
Turns devices into portable biometrics scanners.
Oct 12 2017 12:45PM
DIBP searches for partner to process 90 percent of visas
Wants to link visa process to travel bookings.
Sep 25 2017 2:32PM
