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• KIA and Fujitsu unveil cable-free concept cop car

  ​Fujitsu and KIA Motors Australia have developed a concept cop car to demonstrate to local police forces.

• Sci-fi fan faces sentencing for "idiotic, stupid" 3D printing of guns

  “Every craftsman wants their work to be acknowledged,” Sicen Sun told NSW District Court today, in response to questions about why he posted 3D printed replica guns he had printed at home for sale on Facebook.

• Former public affairs chief took family to Disneyland on auDA dollar

  ​The former head of public affairs at embattled .au domain administrator auDA has come clean about taking his family to Disneyland on the organisation’s dollar, hours before details of the trip were exposed by Fairfax Media.

• Qld cops aim high with signal jamming drone guns

  ​Queensland cops will be armed with signal jamming guns to down drones at the XXI Commonwealth Games this April.

• Aussie tech company creator charged over million-dollar scam

  ​A Queensland man who set up three allegedly fraudulent IT companies has been charged after an investigation into a multinational ransomware scam.

• NSW Government CIOs share what's on and what's next

  NSW state government CIOs met with their peers last week at a GovDC Marketplace event in Sydney, to share their current IT works and visions of the future.

• SAPOL invest $780k in facial recognition tech

  ​South Australia Police will soon be using facial recognition technology to catch criminals “quickly and expeditiously” following the award of a $780,000 contract to NEC.

• Queensland Budget puts ICT works on the agenda

  ​The Queensland Government has allocated funds for a number of IT projects across various agencies and departments, including health and emergency services, considered key technology plans outlined in the state’s 2016-2017 Budget.

• Dreyfus: Confidence in AFP undermined by NBN leak raids

  Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said confidence in the independence of the police had been undermined following a raid last night on the Melbourne office of Labor Senator Stephen Conroy.

• ​Qld cop charged after QPS database breach

  A Queensland police constable has been charged for the alleged breach of the Queensland Police Service’s (QPS) Qprime database system, and the disclosure of confidential information.

• NT police arrest hundreds with new facial recognition tech

  The Northern Territory Police Force is utilising facial biometrics technology to identify and detain wanted criminals.
  

• NSW Budget: $100M for police technology

  The NSW government will spend $100 million over four years to equip police with new technology, under measures announced in Tuesday’s budget.
  

• Under fire from taxi industry, app developers look to courts, regulators

  A fight brewing between mobile app developers and the taxi industry could end up in the courts and may result in new regulations, according to independent taxi app developers.

• SA cops reach out to public with 'Web app'

  In what it claims is a first for an Australian police force, South Australia Police has launched a mobile-optimised Web site -- dubbed a "Web app" by SAPOL -- offering integrated news, social media features and alerts.

• Tassie cops refresh 'legacy' Sun, move to Web services

  Tasmania’s Department of Police and Emergency Management will spend about $200,000 to modernise its 'legacy Sun Solaris-based infrastructure which has hosted is core business applications for more than two decades.