CrimTrac, the information sharing service for Australian law enforcement and the DIBP, is deploying a multimodal biometric identification system from NEC. [ + ]

WA Police will be trialling body-worn video cameras in a first for the state, which is expected to help reduce assaults on personnel and increase early guilty pleas. [ + ]

We ask our panel of experts to give their views on where and when governments should outsource infrastructure solutions, and when they should remain in-house. [ + ]

Government agencies will build a culture of sharing as the federal government doubles down on cybersecurity with the release of its long-awaited Cyber Security Strategy. [ + ]

Government bodies of all kinds and sizes are ripe targets for cyber attackers, who'll stop at nothing to get their hands on sensitive and potentially lucrative data. [ + ]

The WA agriculture and food ministry has added new weather stations to its network as part of a project to provide growers in the region with accurate, localised information to aid decision-making. [ + ]

Local councils have been the most proactive in brainstorming the potential uses for nbn's Sky Muster satellite services. [ + ]

The CSIRO has selected 11 teams with innovative ideas to take part in the next round of its ON Accelerator program, which has been expanded to include Australian universities for the first time. [ + ]

NZ infrastructure operator Infratil has revealed plans to start converting certain vehicle types owned by its NZ Bus unit to electric power. [ + ]

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has officially launched the government's national cybersecurity strategy, including 33 cybersecurity initiatives worth over $231 million. [ + ]

Smart city technologies hold the promise of transforming security and emergency services delivery through data analysis and pre-emptive decision-making. [ + ]

NSW's Fairfield City Council has launched a new multilingual library smartphone app to support the region's large population of non-native English speakers. [ + ]

An audit from NASA's Inspector General has found that the US space agency still lacks an effective agency-wide information security framework and should appoint a permanent senior security officer. [ + ]

The New Zealand government's international business development arm has signed an MoU with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to make it easier for NZ merchants to sell to China. [ + ]

Fujitsu has landed a $140 million contract with the City of Gold Coast to manage its ICT infrastructure and applications over the next five years. [ + ]