Business group weighs in on Australia’s need to go digital with IDs
Fed up with identity fraud, the Business Council of Australia is stumping for a national digital ID. It has posted…
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Biometric legislation increasingly out of date, says Australia’s new privacy commissioner
Rapid changes in biometric technology are a challenge to regulators, while legislative approaches to applications such as keystroke and eye…
Australia issues tender for biometric cameras at 11 airports
Australia has released a tender to upgrade 11 of its major airports with biometric cameras that can capture and compare…
Australia’s Digital ID Bill introduced with AU$145.5M earmark
Australia’s federal government has introduced the Digital ID Bill in the Senate to formally establish and provide a framework for…
Australia invites a select few to bid for national digital ID contract
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the nation’s digital identity competition regulator, is issuing a limited tender to build…
Porn gets the marquee in Australian opposition’s age verification bill
Amid rising global interest in online age verification, Australia’s politicians are indulging in a bit of gamesmanship, with the coalition…
Fed up with scammers, Australia’s banks form a biometric squad to battle fraud
Aussie banks are banding together to put fraud in a headlock with the Scam Safe Accord, a “new offensive in…
Modest transparency on Australia’s digital ID plans and even less from NSW
New South Wales may want to find a new way to describe its Digital.NSW “Showcase.” InnovationAus reports that the Australian…
Australians do not understand incoming digital ID system
Ordinary Australians still lack an understanding of the concept behind the country’s upcoming digital ID system, research commissioned by the…
Critics of Australia’s Identity Verification Services bill want consistent privacy laws
Australia’s digital ID laws are out of alignment, say opponents of the federal government’s push to be able to legally…
