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Australian security and counter-terrorism
Stripping people of citizenship makes the world less safe, not more | Ben Doherty | Opinion
Disowning one’s own citizens is back in vogue for governments around the world. Denationalisation is an old punishment. The Greek city states called it “banishment”, expulsion beyond the city walls. The Romans practised “deportatio”, where an unwanted person was physically taken, usually in chains, to the outer edges of the empire, and left, condemned to …
Plan for massive facial recognition database sparks privacy concerns | Technology
If you’ve had a driver’s licence photo or passport photo taken in Australia in the past few years, it’s likely your face will end up in a massive new national network the federal government is trying to create. Victoria and Tasmania have already begun to upload driver’s licence details to state databases that will eventually …
