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The excitement of preparing for an international trip often comes with its fair share of paperwork, and one essential document that stands between you and your journey is the Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) for your passport. Whether you’re travelling for leisure, work, or relocation, the PCC is a crucial part of the process. It verifies your clean criminal record in the country, ensuring that you are not a security threat to other nations. For many, this process can feel overwhelming and somewhat tedious, but with the right guidance, it can be a smooth and manageable task.

Facebook Australia has announced the expansion of its Local Alerts product to all eligible state and territory health, police and lead central government Facebook Pages.

AWS has extended its Project Resilience to Australia and New Zealand, offering up to US$5,000 in AWS credits to certain organisations to help them prepare for disasters.

Young people are reporting the highest losses to threat-based scams, with Australians having lost over $8.8 million to the scams so far this year, and people aged 24 and under reporting losing more than $4.1 million to the scams.

The Victoria Police do not rate highly among the citizens of the state when it comes to honesty or ethical standards, a survey by the well-known pollster Roy Morgan has found.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission is working with police and taking a range of actions following the theft of computer equipment belonging to an external provider.

Motorola Solutions has joined Fortem Australia, a new community-based organisation focussed on the health and wellbeing of Australia’s 300,000-plus first responders.

Australia’s police forces expect that they will need new digital skills to be effective in their roles over the next three to five years, according to a newly published survey.

Apple is in the process of creating an online tool for law enforcement officers to make formal demands for data about its users, a report claims.

Global analytics software firm SAS claims it is helping governments improve policy making and security analysis.

A survey that covered 10 cities in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region has revealed that residents of Sydney are strongly against 24-hour surveillance, except when it comes to airports.

Thousands of police officers in Victoria are being equipped with iPad minis and iPhones with a mobile app from the Motorola-owned app developer Gridstone.

The Queensland Police Service's Taskforce Argos has refused to comment on allegations made by an American technology news website that its members hacked into computers of Americans who were part of a child pornography ring on the dark web, in a bid to identify their actual IP addresses.

NEC has won a $780,000 contract to supply facial recognition software to the South Australian police force.

The Tasmanian Department for Police and Emergency Management has selected Ericsson to manage the Trunk Mobile Radio Network (TMRN), the state’s mission-critical emergency services radio network, for the next four years.

Fujitsu has been contracted by the NSW Police Force to supply a fully self-contained Body Worn Video solution that will improve the ability of field officers to collect evidence and streamline administrative processes.

Users of smartwatches from Apple, Google, Microsoft and others while driving a car might find themselves the subject of police attention if caught using wearables devices.

Aussie company m-View has secured distribution deal for the US ‘Fire Cam’ ruggedised wearable camera with trials for live video streaming and recording to police and emergency services

Security software and solutions firm Trend Micro has announced a three-year agreement with INTERPOL that will see it provide tools, training and human resources to the international police organisation and its 190 member countries.

Australians in emergency situations could soon be using Triple Zero in a whole new way, with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing a review into the system and how it could be better used to take advantage of modern mobile technologies.