While facial recognition technology (FRT) will likely play an increasingly important role in Australia as the technology is deployed in the name of security and convenience, this report reveals a relatively low level of public familiarity with the technology, its uses and the potential issues it raises, highlighting the need for more robust public education...

From the 1980s European and North American cities engaged in a process of ‘urban regeneration’ involving the displacement of manufacturing by finance, insurance and real estate (FIRE), cultural and creative industries, and tourism. Henceforth developed economies would produce ‘creative’ or ‘knowledge’ intensive services and developing countries would provide outsourced manufacturing along global supply chains.