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• Smartgates to undergo $7.9m expansion

  The automated border processing technology, Smartgate, is slated for a $7.9 million expansion over the next two years, as announced by home affairs and justice minister, Jason Clare.

• NICTA wins R&D award for facial recognition software

  National ICT Australia (NICTA) has been recognised for its facial recognition technology, winning the ICT research and development (R&D) award at the Asia-Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) in Thailand.

• DIAC expands biometrics to protection visa applicants

  The Federal Government has announced a major expansion in its use of biometrics to now include all onshore protection visa applicants.

• CeBIT 2010: Airports face-up to illegal immigration

  Airports could soon trial a locally-built facial recognition technology in a move to crack down on illegal immigration, terrorism and crime.

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  QLD to begin trialing biometric licences in August

  Queensland's new driver licence will utilise high-end facial recognition technology in a bid to stamp out fraud and identity theft in the state.

• RTA deploys facial recognition

  A rollout of facial recognition technology across the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority has been completed, following a spate of identity fraud costing the state some $3.5 billion a year.

• Picasa gains face recognition capabilities

  The latest version of Google's Picasa photo-management software adds face-recognition features and simplifies geotagging, the company announced Tuesday.

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  Busted: the NSW Police crime fighting toolkit

  NSW Police will have access to a new forensic information database within nine months along with a suite of centralised records management and field imaging systems.

• Defence trials sneaky cameras

  The Defence Science Technology Organisation (DSTO) is running facial recognition trials which will underpin biometric initiatives across the Department of Defence, Immigration and new smartcard driver's licences.