Greenpeace finds phthalates in EEU toys
Chemical Watch (subscription) The substance made up over 99% of the total concentration of all quantified phthalates for each sample, the NGO says. Substances found in other samples were DnBP, and DiBP, which had 19% by mass in one toy. Three types of phthalates were found in a ... |
DIBP joins D2D CRC
Technology Decisions The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has joined the Data to Decisions (D2D) Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) as a participant. DIBP will be actively involved in all of the CRC's research and development programs as well as the ... |
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SPECIAL REPORT: Brokers and Forwarders
http://ift.tt/1SzQm2n (subscription) (blog) As a monopolistic service provider, the DIBP needs to ensure that it sets, maintains and delivers on key performance indicators. Several years ago, the then Australian Customs Service provided statistical information that enabled industry to have a ... |
Bureaucrats struggle with citizenship chaos
The Transcontinental Henry Sherrell, an immigration researcher at the ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy and a former DIBP employee, said it was unsurprising the department and migration agents were feeling the heat. "There's not much information available so a lot of ... |
Australian govt eyes private sector access to national facial recognition service
MIS Asia Currently, there are IDSAs in place between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and between DIBP and the Australian Federal Police. At the moment the biometric matching ... |
SPECIAL REPORT: Brokers and Forwarders
http://ift.tt/1SzQm2n (subscription) (blog) THE DEPARTMENT of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) recently concluded a review of licensing that commenced way back in October 2015 with a request for submissions to the DIBP that needed to be in by 31 December of that year. It had been ... |
The Advertiser |
The best guide to a pollie's true character
The Advertiser McKim asked why the department had released statements on the night of the shooting reporting a gun was discharged into the air and that no one was injured; he also asked why there has been no official correction from the DIBP regarding the updated ... |
NEWS.com.au |
International flights delays after government passport system crashes
NEWS.com.au Qantas flights were taking off — but some had been delayed by up to 30-minutes. Virgin Australia was experiencing minimal delays to flights, by employing a “workaround” to the check-in system. . The DIBP was investigating the issue but is yet to ... |
NEWS.com.au |
International flights delays after government passport system crashes
NEWS.com.au Qantas flights were taking off — but some had been delayed by up to 30-minutes. Virgin Australia was experiencing minimal delays to flights, by employing a “workaround” to the check-in system. . The DIBP was investigating the issue but is yet to ... |
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Cyber security – statutory obligations and business continuity
http://ift.tt/1SzQm2n (subscription) (blog) While it is encouraging to note that despite the complex and cross jurisdictional environment the DIBP operates in, as at the date of the statement, there have been no successful attacks to their IT infrastructure. Interestingly, the DIBP have ... |
ARNnet |
Immigration hands HPE $2.3M software support deal - ARN
ARNnet Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been awarded a $2.3 million, 12-month deal from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, for the provision ... |
ARNnet |
Immigration hands HPE $2.3M software support deal
ARNnet “The procurement with [HPE] Australia is for the renewal of support and maintenance for the HP software the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) uses in support of its programs,” a spokesperson for the Department told ARN. “HP ... |
ARNnet |
Immigration hands HPE $2.3M software support deal - ARN
ARNnet Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been awarded a $2.3 million, 12-month deal from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, for the provision ... |
The Mandarin (registration) |
Comcare befuddled by 'structural complexity' of offshore detention centres
The Mandarin (registration) When this issue arose in 2015, Comcare told The Mandarin it had already “worked with the DIBP to define the application of the WHS Act to the operation of the regional offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island as they are on foreign soil”. |
The Mandarin (registration) |
Comcare befuddled by 'structural complexity' of offshore detention centres
The Mandarin (registration) When this issue arose in 2015, Comcare told The Mandarin it had already “worked with the DIBP to define the application of the WHS Act to the operation of the regional offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island as they are on foreign soil”. |
ARNnet |
Immigration hands HPE $2.3M software support deal
ARNnet “The procurement with [HPE] Australia is for the renewal of support and maintenance for the HP software the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) uses in support of its programs,” a spokesperson for the Department told ARN. “HP ... |
Govt eyes private sector access to national facial recognition service ...
Computerworld Australia Within the Attorney-General's Department there's a view that private sector access to the government's national facial recognition system would represent a ... |
Govt eyes private sector access to national facial recognition service
Computerworld Australia Currently, there are IDSAs in place between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and between DIBP and the Australian Federal Police. At the moment the biometric matching ... |
Getting a Clearer Picture – More Details Released on the 457 Visa Changes
JD Supra (press release) Following our initial alert on the changes published on 19 April 2017, further information has been released by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) in order to provide further clarification to people and businesses affected by ... |
finder.com.au |
Soon you won't have to fill out a card when you fly overseas
finder.com.au That causes problems not just for DIBP, but also for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Those cards are used to help compile the ABS' monthly report on international arrivals and departures. When they go missing, that creates accuracy issues. |
Biometric Update |
Australia to process 90% of incoming passengers based on ...
Biometric Update The department aims to process 90 percent of all incoming passengers by 2020 solely based on their face, iris and fingerprints. Biometrics in focus as Australia overhauls border IT infrastructure ... |
Biometric Update |
Australia to process 90% of incoming passengers based on biometrics by 2020
Biometric Update Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has launched a tender for companies to submit technology solutions that will replace passports and immigration officers with electronic stations and automatic triage, according to a ... Biometrics in focus as Australia overhauls border IT infrastructure |
Soon you won't have to fill out a card when you fly overseas
finder.com.au That causes problems not just for DIBP, but also for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Those cards are used to help compile the ABS' monthly report on international arrivals and departures. When they go missing, that creates accuracy issues. |
The Guardian |
A Pakistani man is detained indefinitely in Australia, and there is little courts can do
The Guardian The day the applicant requested removal DIBP forwarded documentation to the consulate general of Pakistan and sought a valid passport. Repatriation was planned for 15 December 2015. On 26 November 2015 the Pakistan government told the department ... |
Planet Biometrics |
Biometrics in focus as Australia overhauls border IT infrastructure
Planet Biometrics Big data and biometrics are set to become key tools in a major revamp of the IT systems that manage Australia's borders. Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) plans leaked to an Australian publication, IT New, highlight the new plans ... |
Airport Technology |
A world first: Australia's plan for advanced biometric airport checks
Airport Technology Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) aims to be the first to introduce an entirely automatic, seamless processing system for incoming passengers based solely on their biometric data. The DIBP first started collecting ... |
iTnews |
Immigration reveals massive ten-year IT shake-up
iTnews Immigration is set to rearchitect its entire IT environment in favour of self-contained, adaptable systems, supported by common reusable services and cloud-based infrastructure. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) is already in ... |
Independent Australia |
Pre-empting Faysal Ahmed's death
Independent Australia At 9.52am on 28 December, a Ministerial adviser in Peter Dutton's office sent an email to DIBP media operations in relation to Mr Ahmed's complaint letter published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 26 December. It stated, 'As discussed, the following ... |
iTnews |
Immigration reveals massive 10-year IT shake-up
iTnews Immigration is set to rearchitect its entire IT environment in favour of self-contained, adaptable systems, supported by common reusable services and cloud-based infrastructure. The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) is already in ... |
'The system here is broken': Secret recording reveals failures of offshore detention regime
Western Advocate Refugees seeking offshore transfers for medical purposes must first approach staff at IHMS, which in turn negotiates with Nauru or Papua New Guinea, before a final decision is made by the DIBP. Peter Rudolph, area medical director at IHMS, told a ... |
