Tag: Digital ID

Online age verification ‘roadmap’ with government

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A roadmap charting a way forward on Australia’s proposed mandatory age verification regime for online pornography has been delivered to the federal government after almost two years of development...

Time’s up: Digital ID legislation now ‘urgent’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government should “urgently” pass laws that give rise to an economy-wide digital identity scheme, as well as prevent government and private sector organisations from storing copies of...

Digital ministers agree to ‘explore’ national ID system

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s digital and data ministers have agreed to “actively explore” a national digital identity system, stepping up the language of previous commitments ahead of Tuesday’s budget. The federal government...

The DTA is missing in action, adrift

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Now before people @me, I have long advocated for a far-reaching agenda for a ‘digital transformation’ institution. More on that shortly, but we are way off track. Even at...

Digital ID for age verification gets the nod

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has agreed in principle to use its digital identity scheme to verify the age of individuals before they access online pornography or gambling, but no action...

Govt hands UK firm $11m digital ID contract

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has awarded a UK company a $11 million contract to deliver biometrics technology as part of its digital identity program. The Australian Taxation Office signed the...

DTA’s spruiking of Digital ID is unhelpful

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s digital identity program should be “abandoned and redesigned from scratch” according to researchers who last year discovered a significant flaw in the system’s design. The Digital...