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Digital iD founder quits AusPost

The founder and general manager of Australia Post’s Digital iD program has left the organisation as the market-leading project faces funding cuts and a shrinking team. InnovationAus.com understands the...

Identity ideas hit the mainstream

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The development of a workable framework for a co-ordinated approach to digital identity is proving to be a tough nut to crack. But there is at least now plenty...

RBA calls for ID coordination

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned against an uncoordinated approach to digital identity, saying this would lead to “inefficiencies” and security risks. Addressing the Business Banking Summit last...

NSW ID plans on the move

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The NSW government is on track to have four million MyServiceNSW active online account holders by next year, improving the state’s case for evolving it from a handy way...

Digital ID and the blockchain

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It may not happen overnight, but Australia’s efforts to develop a universal digital identity to streamline and eliminate costs involved in hundreds, if not thousands, of transactions between individuals...

AusPost Digital iD on the rocks

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Focus has moved away from the Digital iD project at Australia Post, with a reduction in funding and staff changes, InnovationAus.com understands. Multiple sources have confirmed that focus has...

AusPost and the Digital ID push

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Australia Post will start offering a biometric, face-recognition component to its Digital iD service in the next couple of weeks, before ramping up marketing of the service from February....

Dominello backs national ID plan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
New South Wales Finance Minister Victor Dominello has thrown his weight behind the Federal government’s looming digital identity plans, including the use of state driver’s licence photos to verify...