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Why the government's proposed facial recognition database is causing such alarm

  • Written by Sarah Moulds, Lecturer of Law, University of South Australia
Andrew Hastie said the broad objectives of the identity-matching system were sound, but key changes were needed to ensure privacy and transparency. Lukas Coch/AAP

Since before the 2019 election, the Morrison government has been keen to introduce a new scheme that would allow government agencies, telecos and banks to use facial recognition...

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