The Northern Territory will roll out an ISO-compliant digital driver’s licence before the end of the year, but Territorians won’t be able to use it interstate until other jurisdictions...
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Businesses will be slugged a fee to use the government’s digital identity platform myID when it expands to the private sector later this year as Canberra looks to recoup...
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The federal government has begun laying the groundwork to eventually allow people to carry credentials like driver’s licences and Medicare cards in the digital wallet of their choosing, including...
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Australians will soon be able to use digital IDs across hundreds of digital services, as the government looks to expand its myID platform as part of a productivity package...
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Australia Post is pulling the plug on Digital iD, the first private sector digital identity service to receive federal government accreditation, as the postal giant doubles down on its core...
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Victoria has launched a digital birth certificate pilot across three local council areas as the state’s government pursues more digital identification and services options. Parents can now access digital birth...
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More than 1.2 million Queenslanders have adopted a digital driver’s licence, new figures show, as governments continue to see middling uptake of the technology. The Crisafulli government on Wednesday...
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When Australia finally writes its national AI strategy, it must reckon not just with algorithms, but with imported ideology, says Minh Hoang, a youth innovation leader and member of...
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The idea that Australia needs a single, universal identification number is “dead in the water”, according to GBG’s head of data innovation Michael Harmer, who says the country’s advanced...
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Australia’s consumer watchdog is negotiating with consulting giant EY on another contract to build the tech infrastructure behind the national digital ID system after the consultants failed to deliver...
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Australia’s digital identity scheme remains “stuck between an old world and a new world” despite major changes to its technical design to improve fraud detection and boost adoption. That’s...
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Post-quantum cryptography may sound like science fiction, but according to DigiCert’s global chief, Dr Amit Sinha, the urgency to prepare is real – and Australia must start modernising its...
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The NSW government has moved to enshrine its ID support service in law and add a new state register of compromised documents, with a new bill introduced this week...
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Data retention obligations imposed on businesses should be scaled back and replaced with the federal government’s digital identity scheme or other privacy-preserving methods, according to the Law Council of...