Australia to implement new biometric visa system
February 23 2010 by Liam Clifford
The Australian Government is to spend $69 million on new biometric visa systems.
The new Australian visa system will be rolled out later this year, however it will take over four years to be fully operational. The new measures are part of Australia’s new border defence initiative since the threat of terrorism became a major concern to the country.
Australia’s Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced the news yesterday with the release of an anti-terrorism white paper at Parliament House, he reiterated the Government’s position saying that ‘Terrorism was now a big concern.’
The new measures will primarily be aimed at 10 high risk countries, speaking of that Rudd said;
“We also do not draw a particular line around the 10 (countries), we reserve the right to expand this network further,
“But we are doing so carefully on the advice of the officials in terms of those parts of the world where we believe we have the greatest potential vulnerability.”
The counter-terrorism white paper also listed new defence initiatives involving telephone interception laws, identity theft and new plans to invest more heavily in training.
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