Tag: data and digital ministers

All govts to adopt digital licence standards

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
State and territory governments have agreed to adopt international security standards for digital driver’s licences, in a move that promises to reduce the prospect of fraud and identity theft....

Ministers unveil national AI framework for government

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new set of guardrails that lays out clear human rights expectations for the use of artificial intelligence across federal, state and territory government for the first time has...

Domestic violence data focus for digital ministers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Domestic violence data sharing blockages facing federal, state and territory policing agencies will form the basis of discussions between Australia’s digital and data ministers on Friday.   Digital and...

Ministers agree to national AI framework for government

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s digital and data ministers have agreed to a national assurance framework for artificial intelligence that promises a consistent approach to the use of the technology across federal, state...

Ministers set national digital ID principles

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biometrically anchored digital identity credentials that work across state boundaries are set to become the norm in Australia after all governments agreed to take a nationally consistent approach to...

NSW set to pilot digital birth certificates

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will pilot its digital birth certificate with two cohorts of users from April before expanding the opt-in credential to other citizens within the state...

NSW govt eyes law change to spur ‘good faith’ hacking

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will push for changes to Commonwealth criminal laws to prevent cybersecurity researchers being prosecuted for reporting potential bugs and vulnerabilities, including in the systems...

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 ministers meeting gets cyber focus

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
All three federal ministers responsible for digital and cybersecurity will take part in the first inter-jurisdictional meeting of digital ministers to occur since the formation of the new Albanese...