Tag: digital identity

Second review of $1.3bn MMI grants program on the cards

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national auditor is contemplating a review of the former Morrison government’s $1.3 billion Modern Manufacturing Initiative despite an earlier internal review commissioned by Labor clearing the grant selections....

Dominello’s swan song: Digital ID our ‘Holy Grail’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Outgoing NSW digital minister Victor Dominello has used his last ministerial address to champion the state’s forthcoming decentralised digital identity system as a lever for “huge micro-economic reform”. Mr...

Pre-election interview: Yasmin Catley on trust in digital

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A state Labor government in New South Wales would seek to build on the efforts of outgoing digital evangelist Victor Dominello by creating digital services grounded in trust, according...

Catalysing a new era of an Australian tech policy

Posted on   |  by Professor Johanna Weaver
If the Albanese government is serious about shaping a better future for Australia, it must prioritise coordination when developing its tech-related nation-building policy initiatives. Historians could look back at...

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...

The road to decentralised digital ID in NSW

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
With a string of recent data breaches turning the spotlight on the fragility of physical identity credentials, finding a secure, privacy-enhancing method of verifying identity in an increasingly digital...

NSW govt set to pilot decentralised digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will begin testing the photo verification technology that will underpin its answer to digital identity through a series of pilot programs slated for launch...

Digital ministers agree to develop identity resilience strategy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A national identity resilience strategy will be developed in response to the recent spate of high-profile data breaches that have compromised the credentials of millions of Australians. Commonwealth, state...

Digital ID could prevent Optus breach repeat: Home Affairs

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biometrically anchored digital identities would go a long way to preventing a repeat of the massive irreversible loss of identity information experienced with the Optus data breach, the Department...