Tuesday | 23 March, 2010
Stories about: Centrelink
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Leakage Problem Means Cards Will "Never" Be Secure 10/10/2006 10:50:59
A fierce and prominent opponent of the Hawke government's 1987 plans to introduce a national identity card says nothing has changed technologically in the intervening years that would make a smart card today any more secure than the Australia Card proposed then. - +
Former US defence director holds smartcard talks in Canberra 19/09/2006 12:22:24
A former US Department of Defense director who oversaw the implementation of 11 million smartcards for military personnel met with federal government agencies in Canberra last week. - +
Spying on staff no solution to privacy protection: professor 29/08/2006 12:27:40
Instead of spying on staff who snoop into private records while at work, organizations should adopt security measures that prevent staff breaching privacy laws, a Queensland University of Technology privacy expert said today. - +
IT managers support keylogs to monitor staff 28/08/2006 07:00:00
Australian IT managers last week came out in support of the use of keylogging software to monitor staff access to customer records after Centrelink admitted it had been undertaking employee surveillance for the past year. - +
Hockey hits out at smartcard critics, laggard banks 28/06/2006 12:36:15
Human Services Minister Joe Hockey has vigorously defended the virtues of the federal government's planned smartcard, saying the project's cost will be controlled and people's privacy will not be compromised. - +
Feds' smartcard costing unknown but consultancy fees top millions 31/05/2006 09:31:00
Details surrounding costing for the federal government's access card initiative remain elusive, but last week's Senate Estimates hearings has revealed that consultancy fees will certainly top $2 million. - +
Business will carry high cost of national ID card 17/01/2006 11:33:35
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) today said a national identity card would cost the economy up to $15 billion and may do little to stop terrorists. - +
Surviving the New Normal 11/10/2005 09:47:51
Tsunami, bombings, hurricanes - the past year's disasters have been a wake-up call for Australia's government risk management practitioners. - +
Government employees to road test smartcards 28/09/2005 15:25:47
Federal government employees will become human guinea pigs as a preliminary test to an Australia-wide rollout of smartcards federal government services delivery under a proposal floated by Special Minister of State, Senator Eric Abetz. - +
Biometric nation 08/06/2005 10:04:03
With Federal government hitching its border security to the biometrics bandwagon, two knowledgeable ex-feds give their frank and differing views on where the taxpayer-funded romance with the technology is heading. Julian Bajkowski reports. - +
Abetz backs privacy overhaul 06/06/2005 14:27:32
The man in charge of enforcing whole-of-government IT cohesion, Special Minister of State Senator Eric Abetz, has publicly backed calls from Federal Privacy Commissioner Karen Curtis for a wider review of Australia's privacy laws.
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