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 has revealed it is about to add biometric facial recognition — like the scan used to unlock new iPhones rather than fingerprints —

Malcolm Turnbull’s digital transformation boss Angus Taylor sees a big role for the local IT industry in government, especially the smaller players, but he says the

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 increasingly keen on big data, whether it’s used in academic research, private business or its own bureaucracy, but appears unsure of how

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 of