Melbourne Airport said on Twitter: "Due to an @AusBorderForce e-gate system outage many international travellers are facing delays for both inbound & outbound processing. This may have a flow on ...

Trans-Tasman travel becomes easier today as SmartGate begins operating at Christchurch International Airport, Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says. Mr Williamson today officially launched ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Passengers frustrated with slow and complicated smart passport gates will get little relief from the federal government’s proposed ...

Passport control machines are reportedly down in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane international airports, with thousands of passengers experiencing massive queues at immigration. The passport machine ...

SmartGate will enhance the international passenger experience at Wellington Airport by making it quicker and easier for people to travel between Wellington and Australia. Travellers arriving from ...

The Australian Customs Service today said its inbound e-passport authentication system SmartGate would not be fooled by fake details, after a Dutch hacker claimed to have broken through similar ...

After seven years testing border control biometrics, Australian Customs Service says every Australian international airport will be equipped with SmartGate by June 2009. SmartGate trials using facial ...

The Gold Coast International Airport has become the seventh in Australia to receive the SmartGate automatic border processing system. Designed and developed by electronics company SAGEM Australasia, ...

The rollout of new facial biometrics ready smartgates in the arrival halls of Australia’s international airports has stalled after the Department of Home Affairs opted to pause the only operational ...

The Gold Coast International Airport in Queensland, Australia has become the seventh Australian airport to be outfitted with the biometric SmartGates developed by biometrics company SAGEM Australasia, ...