Aussies could use their Medicare cards, display their driver’s licence, renew passports & enrol to vote on a one-stop-shop phone app similar to an Apple Wallet under the federal gov’s vision to digitise its services by transforming the MyGov app.
The previous government committed $138 million annually toward MyGov over the past two years after it failed to cope with user demand for Centrelink payments early in the pandemic. But that funding will run out in the middle of the year unless it is renewed in the federal budget.
Australians would be able to use their Medicare cards, display their driver’s licence, renew passports and enrol to vote.Shorten said the government wanted to have Medicare cards available through the phone app – which it quietly released in December last year – by March.
“The vision is that you’ve got sufficient ID in your government wallet that you can show a private sector business ... and you don’t actually have to transfer your data to that private organisation,” Shorten said.But the review also warned that many Australians such as First Nations people without a birth certificate were excluded from digital identity systems, which can be clunky and difficult to use for those who sign up.
Thodey, who wrote the report, said cybersecurity would require continued investment. “Going digital is a critical part of delivering better services, but it does create risk around identity management, identity theft, it creates issues around privacy,” he said.Loading
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