The Digital Transformation Agency’s third permanent chief executive wants it to be “a start-up that operates effectively in government” and acknowledges it still has to…

The Digital Transformation Agency has defended its work on digital identity from claims it is a political landmine waiting to go off due to latent…

If you've ever found yourself quietly wondering what exactly federal officials mean when they throw around brand names like GovPass and myGovID, you're not alone,…

The federal government plans to spend about $600 million on a suite of diverse initiatives labelled as “delivering Australia’s digital future” in this year’s budget,…

The Commonwealth may have clamped down on its agencies competing for digital identity dominance, but Australia's state governments are playing a different game. Global trends…

Australia Post is betting digital identity enabled by biometric facial recognition will make users, government and business smile. Your selfie just got serious.

Government must be in the driver's seat, not riding shotgun to outsourcers, on big IT projects says the PM's digital transformation point man, Angus Taylor.

A video explaining the Govpass system will use Medicare cards as one element in a multi-factor verification process raised a few eyebrows online yesterday, but the concerns appear…

The federal government is clearly sold on big data and is combining massive stores of sensitive public information. It needs to bring the public along…

The Govpass digital identity platform has moved into a "private beta" phase and is being tested by the Tax Office, while a related draft framework…