March 19, 2024

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Australians to soon get myGovID single government identity

NOTE: A single Government digital identity works perfectly with a cashless society where you will receive credits from Big Brother for designated work duties within the incoming green cities of agenda 2030. I can’t see the general population accepting microchips but the system must move forward as it consumes us so the cards are a no-brainer. 

READ MORE AT ZDNet 

Minister for Human Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation Michael Keenan has offered further detail on Australia’s digital identity, announcing the myGovID at the National Press Club on Tuesday.

In a statement, Keenan said having 30 different log-ins for government services is “not good enough”, and it is anticipated the single log-in will allow Australians to access almost all government services by 2025.

“Think of it as a 100-point digital ID check that will unlock access to almost any government agency through a single portal such as a myGov account,” he said. “The old ways of doing things, like forcing our customers to do business with us over the counter, must be re-imagined and refined.”

Citizens will need to establish a digital identity before being able to use it across services, the minister explained.

Keenan confirmed the first of several pilot programs using a beta version of the myGovID will begin in October, after the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) revealed last month it had pencilled in the date for delivery of its first Govpass pilot.

Revealed during Senate Estimates in March, the initial pilot will enable 100,000 participants to apply for a tax file number (TFN) online, which Keenan, echoing remarks previously made by the DTA, said will reduce processing time to a day, when it currently can take up to a month.

Australians are able to complete their TFN application online, but this needs to be printed and taken along with identity documents to an Australia Post Office to be finalised. There are 750,000 applications for TFNs each year.

In a pilot starting from March 2019, services including grants management, business registration, student services, and some Centrelink services, are expected to become available.

The DTA anticipates that around 2.8 million transactions will be moved online as a result of this.

At the same time, 100,000 people will be able to use their digital identity to create their My Health Record online.

The federal government is automatically signing people up to its My Health Record scheme, with the goal of having issued a digital medical file to all Australians by the end of this year.

Currently, more than 5.7 million Australians have a My Health Record, and those who don’t want one will have from July 16 to October 15, 2018, to opt out.

See also: Cancelled My Health Record data to be kept in limbo

Facing the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue in November, DTA CDO Peter Alexander revealed that there are three providers that will be charged with the responsibility of the digital identity in the first instance: The Australian Taxation Office, the Department of Human Services (DHS), and Australia Post.

“They hold a lot of identity data already,” Alexander said. “It could easily be extended to jurisdictional providers and commercial providers, who are talking to banks, the Australian payment network, and others who can provide identity.”

Keenan, the minister responsible for DHS, on Tuesday said the department will operate as the gateway between service providers and people.

“This is key to protecting privacy, as the exchange will act as a double blind — service providers will not see any of the user’s ID information and identity providers will not know what services each user is accessing,” Keenan explained.

myGov was launched in 2013 to make it easier for citizens to access a number of government services through a single web portal, with 13 services now provided through the portal, including those from Medicare, the Australian Taxation Office, Centrelink, Australian JobSearch, My Health Record, My Aged Care, Child Support, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the Victorian Housing Register Application.

Touching on myGov, Alexander told a Senate committee last month the usage of myGov has grown this year, boasting now 12.5 million active accounts.

“myGov is also in a transition from the technology that’s running it today to its integration with the new platform strategy. So we are looking to change the way you authenticate yourself on myGov, we are looking to build in this tell us once service, and we’re looking to build in a payments utility and a notification utility,” Alexander explained.

“We are looking to enhance and expand that service, but fundamentally myGov is delivered by the Department of Human Services.”

With AAP

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Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/australians-to-soon-get-mygovid-single-government-identity/

 

4 thoughts on “Australians to soon get myGovID single government identity

  1. The science that gave us push button luxuries has always wanted payback.
    That payback is your soul!

  2. Acquiring tax file numbers online –

    Digital Bank Robbers Recently Stole Several Million Dollars From Mexican Banks.
    WHO ??
    That’s right, go find these suckers.
    Had it happened before ??
    I believe that it is safe to assume that these Digital Bank Robbers had, had a few goes to practice their SKILLS.
    $1.000.000 here.
    $1.000.000 there.
    Just to make sure it would work & then they went for the big one.
    They will probably stop now – hu ??
    Really !!

    Why is this happening ??
    Simple – the government does not have a clue as to HOW technology works.
    They are equal to country bumpkins that have never been to school, never been of the farm, never seen anything of the world outside of the tiny enclave that is their farm.
    They are way out of their depths.
    It is nothing short of a free for all.

  3. But get this – the NBN is nothing but a cheap & nasty system – & every thing will depend on the NBN being a resilient & robust system that will not break down.

    It is imperative that Australia reintroduce a compulsory retirement age oat 60 years.
    And compulsory cognitive testing for persons in positions of power & influence.

    DOTTY is on the rampage with the public purse in tow.

  4. When FOXTEL was $100 – approx: 8-9 years ago – there were “BROKERS” who purchased FOXTEL & sold it on to their customers for $39.
    All the customer needed was to buy a box to sit next to the TV set.
    I bet you that FOXTEL never knew that …. maybe 50% of their customers were riding their coat tails.

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