Tag: digital identity

Do no harm: Managing the social risks of AI

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
Science is about making the world clearer and more understandable. By classifying the world into observable, repeatable, verifiable phenomena we move towards a shared sense of reality rather than...

‘Standard gauge’ for digital licences passes key road-test

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia has edged closer to cross-border acceptance of digital driver’s licences after a prototype verification platform designed to bring common standards into effect was successfully road-tested with users. The...

Govt’s online identity app gets a rebrand

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian government’s digital identity app will be rebranded within months to avoid confusion with the popular services app ahead of the mass expansion of a $1 billion national...

Govt unveils ‘world leading’ identity exchange

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government will next year trial a digital identity exchange scheme that it says offers European-level data control, reducing the honeypot of personal information held by businesses and...

Digital credential sharing resurrected by govts

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A plan to share digital credentials across state boundaries is moving forward after a hiatus, with federal and NSW government service delivery agencies completing a “rapid discovery exercise” to...

Govt’s $3m digital ID push in the Pacific

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia will spend almost $3 million on the development of digital identity infrastructure for Pacific Island nations as part of the Albanese government’s effort to counter China’s influence in...

Government bows to pressure on digital ID hosting

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has bowed to pressure from the technology and banking lobbies and scrubbed rules that would prevent data from the nation’s digital identity scheme being hosted outside...

$21m Budget boost for NSW digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity program will forge ahead with renewed vigor after the Minns government revealed $21.4 million in new funding in the state’s Budget on Tuesday....