Victoria threatens to pull out of facial recognition scheme citing fears of Dutton power grab

Identity matching bill provides ‘significant scope’ for minister to expand powers, state warnsVictoria has threatened to pull out of a state and federal government agreement for the home affairs department to run a facial recognition system because the bill expands Peter Dutton’s powers and allows access to information by the private sector and local governments.In October the Council of Australia Governments agreed to give federal and state police real-time access to passport, visa, citizenship and driver’s licence images for a wide range of criminal investigations. Continue reading…
Source: TheGuardian