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Access and assistance regime has problems, says Ombudsman
Governance, record-keeping and legislation faulty.
Nov 21 2022 6:46AM
NSW Police scores $100m to connect body-cams to firearms, tasers
Budget 2022: For automated recording.
Jun 21 2022 1:19PM
WA Police CIO moves internally
Takes up program director role.
Jun 20 2022 6:50AM
Victoria Police not always activating body-cams where required
Audit finds no footage for one in ten incidents.
Jun 8 2022 5:03PM
AFP, Monash Uni crowdsource images to train AI to detect child abuse
Looks to ethical sourcing after Clearview AI controversy.
Jun 3 2022 4:24PM
More cops to start using national real-time criminal intelligence system
"Late adopters" to come onboard before end of 2022.
Apr 5 2022 7:00AM
AFP gets budget backing to beef up account takeovers
Commissioner says powers are the 'envy' of the world.
Mar 31 2022 12:20PM
WA Police looks to VR for real world officer training
Skills to be tested in "use of force" situations.
Mar 4 2022 6:30AM
NSW Police issues first coercive notice under encryption-busting powers
As assistance requests continue to grow.
Feb 16 2022 12:33PM
Home Affairs says online account takeover powers now in use
First warrants issued to authorities late last year.
Jan 31 2022 8:01AM
Criminal intelligence agency appoints new CIO after restructure
As fingerprint database overhaul gets underway.
Jan 21 2022 12:52PM
Australia and US sign CLOUD Act deal for cross-border data access
Law enforcement agencies get streamlined path for data requests.
Dec 16 2021 1:16PM
Police get more time to prosecute hacking offences in NSW
Time limit climbs from 12 months to 3 years.
Dec 3 2021 7:00AM
NSW bans police from accessing QR code check-in data
Covid-19 information privacy bill passes.
Nov 22 2021 1:39PM
NSW moves to fortify check-in app data privacy, prevent police access
Introduces Covid-19 information privacy bill.
Nov 12 2021 7:00AM
Police get online account takeover, data disruption powers
After "extraordinary" bill passes federal parliament.
Aug 25 2021 5:02PM
AFP searches for a tracking system that supports 4G, 5G devices
Universal tracking platform to replace multiple existing systems.
Jul 30 2021 1:19PM
Cross-border data access bill waved through parliament
US CLOUD Act agreement to follow.
Jun 25 2021 1:07PM
WA moves to plug legislative gaps after cops access check-in app data
Contact tracing data accessed during investigations.
Jun 16 2021 12:45PM
AFP told to end over-reliance on network drives
After more than 90 percent of records found to be stored that way.
Jun 10 2021 6:45AM
