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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
Second Aussie airport gets new contactless arrivals smartgates
And another lines up.
Feb 12 2019 7:20AM
Home Affairs 'face on the move' biometrics trial scores 94 percent
In Aussie airport first.
Jul 11 2018 10:18AM
NSW RMS replaces facial recognition system
Dumps Morpho for NEC.
Jul 2 2018 11:45AM
Unisys to provide Australia's new biometrics travel platform
In $44 million deal.
Mar 19 2018 1:47PM
Canberra airport smartgates first to go contactless
Will use facial biometrics to wave through travellers.
Nov 30 2017 11:41AM
Immigration fixes character bug in SmartGate system
But only for Aussies.
Jul 25 2016 6:41AM
NEC snags CrimTrac biometrics ID deal
Incumbent Morpho ousted.
May 2 2016 6:35AM
Long name? No SmartGate entry into Australia for you
System struggles with more than 24 characters.
Apr 21 2016 2:04PM
Border Force e-gate outage causes delays at Brisbane Airport
Incoming passengers forced to wait in lengthy queues.
Oct 8 2015 10:21AM
Symantec's Morpho misstep
[Blog post] What's in a name?
Jul 14 2015 2:00PM
Morpho hackers hit Apple, Microsoft for corporate data
Cyber gang stealing sensitive info from big business.
Jul 9 2015 10:04AM
CrimTrac invites bids for national fingerprints system
Puts $30 million deal out to market.
Jun 15 2015 5:41PM
Final suppliers compete for Customs e-gate deal
Two-year trial of upgraded airport tech.
May 27 2014 11:00AM
