Hire female bouncers: lockout laws researcher

Dial down testosterone to prevent violence.

22 February, 2016

QLD speed camera cash grab booked by Audit Office

Deployment strategies roasted.

14 October, 2015

One hundred new mobile road safety cameras every year for ACT

Accident black spots and school zones targeted.

31 August, 2015

CrimTrac shops for $30m biometric ID overhaul

Aging national fingerprint system gets head-to-toe digital upgrade.

25 June, 2015

Federal Police launch dragnet for actors

Out of work actors police curtain call.

6 May, 2015

Abbott goes cold on Ice menace

New National Ice Taskforce to coordinate crackdown and develop strategy.

8 April, 2015

Queensland local government association backs Newman

Queenslanders go to the polls.

30 January, 2015

Police services seize the future

How technology can combat crime.

23 January, 2015

Goulburn jail riot over BBQ, not religion, says prison officers’ union

Risk of violence increased by overcrowding and depleted staff ratios.

24 September, 2014

Turnbull dials-up Triple Zero review

Communications regulators are looking at how well Australia’s emergency call system works and what innovations might be included in the future.

15 July, 2014

Victoria hits hiring accelerator on Digital Government

By Julian Bajkowski The Victorian government is conspicuously muscling up on its technology leadership smarts after the state revealed it is on the hunt for no fewer than five top flight public sector executives to lead its recently released ICT strategy. The state has created the new roles within the Department of State Development, Business […]

19 November, 2013

Australia’s police DNA database expands to cover disasters

By Paul Hemsley Police investigators across Australia will soon have better access to the federal government’s national DNA database through a powerful new search engine that will allow detectives to match the genetic material of unidentified human remains at crime scenes and disaster sites and establish a possible family connection between individuals. A tender issued […]

1 October, 2013

SA cops told to put bikies on the map

By Julian Bajkowski Police in South Australia are taking advice on how curb the state’s bike menace using digital mapping and geographic information systems to keep tabs on the two-wheeled hoodlums. The move to put bikies on the law enforcement map comes from US criminal profiler Mike King who works for GIS systems provider Esri […]

19 February, 2013

Real improvements no accident

By Rod Whithear* More than 40,000 people in Western Australia saved themselves the inconvenience of queuing up in a police station or waiting on the phone to report a vehicle accident last year thanks to the introduction of a web based system for reporting accidents (www.crashreport.com.au). Online reporting and service delivery may not be entirely […]

2 January, 2013