On Tuesday, Australia’s minister for government services, Bill Shorten, announced the federal government is developing a new digital identity and credential system. Known as the Trust Exchange (TEx), Shorten said the new system will be “world leading” and represents an “exciting step forward for Australia’s digital infrastructure”. But details about the system are scarce. Shorten… Read more »
The minister for government services, Bill Shorten, will unveil a new initiative that would allow people to have more control over the personal information they share. The scheme, called the Trust Exchange (TEx), would allow people to verify their identities and credentials based on official information already held by the federal government. The plan is… Read more »
What do reducing domestic violence associated with pornography use and data breaches by local clubs across NSW have in common? The commonality is in part of the solution. It is solving the digital identity problem. It is being able to overcome the downsides of existing digitally, which is an unregulated free-for-all for kids, and currently… Read more »
A further $288 million will be provided to the government’s digital identity scheme in the federal budget, bringing its total funding to nearly $1 billion. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will also extend the instant asset write-off test for another year, allowing tech and other businesses to immediately deduct $20,000 from eligible assets. Chalmers will hand down… Read more »
While the federal government trundles along with the roll out of a national digital ID framework, Australian Payments Plus (AP+), the consortium fintech backed by BPAY, eftpos and NPP Australia, has developed its own solution to tackle verification, fraud and identity theft, ConnectID. ConnectID lets people verify their identity to third parties without having to repeatedly… Read more »
In 2018-19, identity crime directly and indirectly cost Australia an estimated A$3.1 billion. To address such costs, the federal government is proposing a national digital identity scheme that will let people prove their identity without having to share documents such as their passport, drivers licence or Medicare card. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher opened consultations for the… Read more »
The Australian government will continue to authorise a one-to-many facial recognition system connected to the national ID database but is limiting its use to helping identify “shielded persons” like undercover police and protected witnesses. Once referred to as ‘the Capability’, the Department of Home Affairs built a system for the public and private sector to verify people’s… Read more »
Victoria will join NSW, Queensland and South Australia in offering a digital licence for drivers from next year. The state government announced this week that motorists will be able to carry their licence on their phone with a digital driver licence trial in Ballarat from July before a statewide roll-out by 2024. NSW pioneered the… Read more »
The federal government has been asking the public for feedback on proposed legislation to create a “trusted digital identity” system. The aim is for Australians to use it to prove their identity when accessing public services. I first found out about the draft Trusted Digital Identity Bill not through my research at the intersection of… Read more »
Australia Post has revealed the first organisations signed on to adopt the Digital iD system, including Airtasker, credit union CUA, and the Queensland Police Service.
Australia Post is partnering with the Digital Transformation Agency to integrate its Digital iD technology into the government’s Digital Identity Framework.
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