Australia will spend almost $3 million on the development of digital identity infrastructure for Pacific Island nations as part of the Albanese government’s effort to counter China’s influence in...
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The federal government has bowed to pressure from the technology and banking lobbies and scrubbed rules that would prevent data from the nation’s digital identity scheme being hosted outside...
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State and territory governments have agreed to adopt international security standards for digital driver’s licences, in a move that promises to reduce the prospect of fraud and identity theft....
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New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity program will forge ahead with renewed vigor after the Minns government revealed $21.4 million in new funding in the state’s Budget on Tuesday....
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Australia’s digital identity scheme will expand economy-wide after long-awaited legislation designed to stop the oversharing of sensitive personal information passed federal Parliament. The laws mark a major step forward...
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The Albanese government will tip another $288.1 million into its digital identity program in Tuesday’s federal Budget to run pilots and beef up infrastructure, regulation and security in a...
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Consulting giant EY will be paid almost $1 million a month to build the regulatory technology underpinning Australia’s expanding digital identity system, after the big four firm landed its...
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Less than 10 private digital ID providers, including banks and payments service providers, are initially expected to be accepted into the expanded version of the federal government’s digital identity...
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The Tax Office has honed in on ‘myID’ as the likely rebrand of the federal government’s myGovID credential underpinning Australia’s digital identity system. The change follows warnings of widespread...
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Australia’s digital identity scheme is set to expand beyond the federal government to states and territories and the private sector after a landmark bill, first drafted more than three...
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Australia’s corporate watchdog has launched first-of-its-kind legal action against an unnamed company director for allegedly failing to sign up to the federal government’s compulsory director ID program. The director,...
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A government-led committee has cleared legislation that would enable Australia’s economy-wide digital identity system, but a speedy passage looks less certain after the Coalition and Greens indicated they will...
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Commonwealth statutory declarations can now be witnessed on myGov using the federal government’s digital identity system, removing the need for Australians to visit a Justice of the Peace. Finance...
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Digital ID is shaping up as the next data localisation battleground, with the Tech Council of Australia arguing proposed rules requiring onshore hosting for the scheme will do nothing...