Tag: myGovID

It’s time for the government to act on digital ID

Posted on   |  by Paul Fletcher
Imagine if you could choose to have a digital identity established with a ‘trusted digital identity provider’ — and use that to apply for a passport, mobile phone, bank...

WA begins work on digital credentials

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Western Australia has begun developing digital credentials and associated features for its ServiceWA smartphone app after awarding a $3 million contract to two local firms. The 16-month contract was...

Time’s up: Digital ID legislation now ‘urgent’

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government should “urgently” pass laws that give rise to an economy-wide digital identity scheme, as well as prevent government and private sector organisations from storing copies of...

The road to decentralised digital ID in NSW

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
With a string of recent data breaches turning the spotlight on the fragility of physical identity credentials, finding a secure, privacy-enhancing method of verifying identity in an increasingly digital...

Govt digital ID system a ‘house of cards’

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government’s push for an economy wide digital identity system will leave it on the “wrong side of history”, an identity and data protection expert has warned, as...

Govt unveils digital ID private sector expansion plans

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The government has released more details on its plan to expand its digital identity scheme to the private sector and the states, as it pushes to significantly accelerate the...

Accenture paid $2.5m per month for digital ID work

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is paying American tech giant Accenture nearly $2.5 million per month for work on its digital identity service. At the start of the year, the Australian...

Digital platform to modernise RDTI delivery

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A new platform to modernise the delivery of the research and development tax incentive will be launched to coincide with the introduction of a range of reforms to the...