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Digital identity

March

Banks, credit card operators and Australia Post will likely be the first businesses to offer identity and verification services after the government fast tracked their participation in its digital identity verification scheme, to secure support for it in the Senate.

In future, banks won’t need to see your licence to give you a loan

Laws allowing people to verify their identity online, rather than handing over documents, are set to win Senate support after Labor agreed to amendments.

  • Tom Burton

July 2023

The days of Australians, like former NSW digital minister Victor Dominello and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten, scrambling to pull together multiple personal identity documents to verify they are who they say they are will soon be over.

Put your licence away – Australia’s digital ID could be here next year

The days of Australians scrambling to pull together their passport and multiple personal identity documents to use online services could soon be over.

  • Paul Smith

June 2023

A new digital identity system will help remove the need for mobile phone operators to retain key customer details.

Why applying for a passport is about to get easier

Consumers will be able to use a fully interoperable “skinny” identity to limit the amount of sensitive information they share with business and governments.

  • Tom Burton and Andrew Tillett

February 2023

National sharing of digital credentials such as drivers licenses is to be part of a national identity scheme.

New identity system paves way for national sharing of drivers licences

Drivers licences, passports, professional accreditations and permits to work with children will be valid across the nation using a new digital identity scheme.

  • Tom Burton
Finance minister Katy Gallagher is expected to tell state digital ministers she wants legislation for a new digital; identity scheme to be introduced in the spring sittings.

New digital identity system to get go-ahead

The federal government is pressing forward on the move and aims to have legislation before parliament for the spring sitting.

  • Tom Burton
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Finance Minister Katy Gallagher is to take her plan to kick-start a new national digital identity system to state ministers next week.

Ministers ready national digital identity scheme

Digital ministers are set to consider a plan to accelerate a new national digital identity scheme, amid warnings that delays risk states going their own way.

  • Tom Burton
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten, left, says the David Thodey report is a blueprint for future investment in the myGov portal.

MyGov review rethinks how the government should work

The review team heard many suggestions to unleash the full potential of the federal service portal, but there’s little point having a flash front door if the foyer is a consumer mish-mash.

  • Tom Burton

January 2023

Service NSW CEO Greg Wells.

New digital job help ‘worlds away from traditional careers advice’

NSW is developing a series of services, including an education wallet, that new Service NSW CEO Greg Wells is tipping will significantly change how people manage their careers.

  • Tom Burton

December 2022

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said more resources will be put behind CDR reforms in 2023.

Consumers will be able to switch banks with a few mouse clicks

With the ‘action initiation’ bill in parliament, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said banks, telcos and energy providers should prepare for a new era.

  • James Eyers

November 2022

NAB’s Angie Mentis:

NAB says banks can eliminate identity honeypots for hackers

NAB’s data boss Angela Mentis said banks’ ConnectID system will reduce the risk of cyber hacks, but they need the government to amend the AUSTRAC law to end 100-point ID checks.

  • James Eyers

September 2022

Fraudsters have tried to claim at least $10 million in false pandemic leave payments.

Shelved report finds ID victims left to fend for themselves

Victims of identity theft spent an average of 23 hours trying to contact up to 37 different entities. The review called for a new agency to help support victims.

  • Tom Burton

August 2022

Banks will use connectID to validate a customer for other businesses, improving security.

Banks ready to launch new digital identity checking service

Major banks, working collaboratively under AP+, will offer “identity-as-a-service” using the new ConnectID network.

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  • James Eyers

November 2020

Telstra has been ordered to hand over information identifying somebody who made an allegedly defamatory comment.

Telstra, the doctor and the chase for an anonymous comment

The Federal Court has ordered the telco to hand over documents to a Gold Coast doctor to help him identify an anonymous and allegedly defamatory reviewer.

  • Max Mason

July 2020

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Eftpos testing micropayment, digital ID services

A digital Australian dollar stablecoin will be created on a Hedera distributed network that could be used to pay by the minute for streamed media.

  • James Eyers

August 2019

Terry McMullen, CEO of OpenSparkz,  which has built a loyalty platform that allows consumers to link their loyalty schemes to their credit card.

Startup links loyalty schemes

Big data integration connects and simplifies loyalty schemes, says local start-up OpenSparkz.

  • Christopher Niesche
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July 2017

The incident is a stark reminder of the risk of consumers' personal data being exposed online, security experts said.

Dark web master thwarted by love of cash and bling

The shutdown of the shady AlphaBay 'dark web' site was the result of a police operation spanning a dozen countries.

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  • Izabella Kaminska

October 2016

Creating one digital identity could make us more secure

Trust in data security is at the heart of the digital economy but security breaches may be on the rise.

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  • Mark Eggleton

Regulation of a digital identity system still to be resolved

Some see the creation of a digital identity system as a role for government and the private sector.

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  • Ian Grayson

Smart devices crucial to development of digital identity

It's no surprise phones are going to play an important role in establishing our digital identity.

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  • James Sherbon

Digital identity hard to recover once compromised

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim says it is very hard for people to get their identity back once it's been compromised.

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  • Mark Eggleton

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