Home Affairs is developing a biometric online platform to speed up asylum applications [SOUND]

# Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says his department is developing a biometric online platform to speed up asylum applications, strengthen identity verification, and prevent rejected applicants from repeatedly submitting claims to delay their removal. The platform is expected to be operational by 10 November this year. Schreiber says the reforms would draw on the department’s experience in using technology to improve other administrative processes, including the Electronic Travel Authorisation system: