Budget 2024: Labor to Invest $288 Million into Rolling out the National Digital ID
Published on May 13, 2024
The centre-left Albanese government will allocate $288.1 million in the upcoming federal budget for the roll-out of the national digital ID. Finance Minister Katy Gallagher argued that the expansion of digital ID was aimed at cracking down on identity theft by cutting down the amount of personal data being stored by third parties. “The recent data breach across NSW and the ACT involving customer information from licensed clubs show how important it is to help Australians reduce the risk of identity theft,” she said on May 13, obtained by AAP. “Accessing services online with a secure digital ID restricts the oversharing of personal information and means there are less copies of your ID data and documents out in the world.”...