About a quarter of Australian residents were born overseas. As an identity reference a digital Australian birth certificate is a very weak start.
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Re: Digital & Online Australian Birth Certificates? > (Marghanita da Cruz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:08:40 +0000 > From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [LINK] Digital & Online Australian Birth Certificates? > Message-ID: > > <sybp282mb0201eb988cfc6e2b7b42f5aec2...@sybp282mb0201.ausp282.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Work on Australia-wide electronic birth certificate begins > > Spearheaded by the NSW government, work on an electronic birth certificate > has kicked off in Australia. > > By Asha Barbaschow | April 26, 2021 -- 01:53 GMT (11:53 AEST) | Topic: > Digital Transformation > https://www.zdnet.com/article/work-on-australia-wide-electronic-birth-certificate-begins/ > > > The New South Wales government is working on the development of a national > digital birth certificate. > > NSW Minister for Digital and Customer Service Victor Dominello said the > initiative is currently in the research phase and is on track to deliver a > proof of concept in the second half of 2021. > > "Having a child is an exciting and busy time for parents. We want to use > technology to make life easier for families, so they can spend more time with > their newborn and less time dealing with government," Dominello said. > > The research includes an online survey .. > https://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/digital-birth-certificate .. this covers > questions such as why a birth certificate was recently requested by an > individual, be it for confirming identity through the country-wide Medicare > or Centrelink schemes, for a passport application or renewal, or as a proof > of identity document for other federal government agencies, such as the > Australian Taxation Office, or a bank, as some of many examples. > > It also asks the level of digital competency of respondents and what they use > their mobile phone and desktop computers for, as well as if the individual > has confidence in a nation-wide, securely stored credential system. > > "A digital version of your birth certificate would give you easy access to > this important identity document, anywhere, anytime, in a secure way. It > removes issues of where to safely keep your paper copy. It would be widely > accepted by government, businesses, schools, and sporting organisations, > making it easier to register and apply for things you need," the government > explains. > > NSW has been leading the country for a few years on digital initiatives > through Service NSW, going live, for example, with a Digital Driver's Licence > in October 2019. Other states have since followed. > > As the electronic birth certificate initiative is a county-wide one, the NSW > government is looking into how to incorporate it with the federal > government's myGov. myGov is an online service portal that has been touted as > a secure way to access services online with one login and one password. > > The Australian government has also been developing the myGovID, which is > essentially a digital identity credential handled by the ATO. It's like the > 100 point ID check but on a smart device, and it allows citizens to have > their identity verified so they can access government services using that > verified identity, rather than being verified continually by each > Commonwealth entity. > > The state government is touting the birth certificate initiative as opening > the doors to schooling, health, and other vital government services, in > addition to making the process of applying for a driver's licence and getting > a bank account easier. > > While the specifics of the certificate are yet to be determined, Dominello > said any digital solution would be opt-in only and will adhere to the highest > privacy, trust, and security standards. > > NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman said key priorities for the national > project team will be privacy and ensuring any potential solution is > accessible to disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. > > "This would be a world-first. Nowhere else in the world provides a holistic > digital solution to identity establishment, verification, authentication and > management. We're excited by the prospect of filling this gap," Speakman said. > > "We are carefully co-designing this proposal with the community to help > prevent identity theft and crime," he added. > > NSW welcomed 88,577 babies in 2020, down from 93,078 in 2019. > > "Having a baby is an exciting and busy time for families, and over the last > few years we've made it easier and faster for parents to register a birth and > get their child's birth certificate, thanks to the online birth registration > system," Dominello added. > > Parents have 60 days to register their newborn, which can now be done online. > > Consultation on the digital birth certificate is open until 23 May 2021. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:56:22 +1000 > From: Marghanita da Cruz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LINK] Digital & Online Australian Birth Certificates? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Rember this? Y2K Bug Cover-up in WA Registry of Births Deaths and > Marriages? > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2000-January/000895.html > > Marghanita > >> On 26/4/21 7:08 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: >> Work on Australia-wide electronic birth certificate begins >> >> Spearheaded by the NSW government, work on an electronic birth >> certificate has kicked off in Australia. >> >> By Asha Barbaschow | April 26, 2021 -- 01:53 GMT (11:53 AEST) | Topic: >> Digital Transformation >> https://www.zdnet.com/article/work-on-australia-wide-electronic-birth-certificate-begins/ >> >> >> The New South Wales government is working on the development of a >> national digital birth certificate. >> >> NSW Minister for Digital and Customer Service Victor Dominello said >> the initiative is currently in the research phase and is on track to >> deliver a proof of concept in the second half of 2021. >> >> "Having a child is an exciting and busy time for parents. We want to >> use technology to make life easier for families, so they can spend >> more time with their newborn and less time dealing with government," >> Dominello said. >> >> The research includes an online survey .. >> https://www.haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/digital-birth-certificate .. this >> covers questions such as why a birth certificate was recently >> requested by an individual, be it for confirming identity through the >> country-wide Medicare or Centrelink schemes, for a passport >> application or renewal, or as a proof of identity document for other >> federal government agencies, such as the Australian Taxation Office, >> or a bank, as some of many examples. >> >> It also asks the level of digital competency of respondents and what >> they use their mobile phone and desktop computers for, as well as if >> the individual has confidence in a nation-wide, securely stored >> credential system. >> >> "A digital version of your birth certificate would give you easy >> access to this important identity document, anywhere, anytime, in a >> secure way. It removes issues of where to safely keep your paper copy. >> It would be widely accepted by government, businesses, schools, and >> sporting organisations, making it easier to register and apply for >> things you need," the government explains. >> >> NSW has been leading the country for a few years on digital >> initiatives through Service NSW, going live, for example, with a >> Digital Driver's Licence in October 2019. Other states have since >> followed. >> >> As the electronic birth certificate initiative is a county-wide one, >> the NSW government is looking into how to incorporate it with the >> federal government's myGov. myGov is an online service portal that has >> been touted as a secure way to access services online with one login >> and one password. >> >> The Australian government has also been developing the myGovID, which >> is essentially a digital identity credential handled by the ATO. It's >> like the 100 point ID check but on a smart device, and it allows >> citizens to have their identity verified so they can access government >> services using that verified identity, rather than being verified >> continually by each Commonwealth entity. >> >> The state government is touting the birth certificate initiative as >> opening the doors to schooling, health, and other vital government >> services, in addition to making the process of applying for a driver's >> licence and getting a bank account easier. >> >> While the specifics of the certificate are yet to be determined, >> Dominello said any digital solution would be opt-in only and will >> adhere to the highest privacy, trust, and security standards. >> >> NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman said key priorities for the >> national project team will be privacy and ensuring any potential >> solution is accessible to disadvantaged and vulnerable communities. >> >> "This would be a world-first. Nowhere else in the world provides a >> holistic digital solution to identity establishment, verification, >> authentication and management. We're excited by the prospect of >> filling this gap," Speakman said. >> >> "We are carefully co-designing this proposal with the community to >> help prevent identity theft and crime," he added. >> >> NSW welcomed 88,577 babies in 2020, down from 93,078 in 2019. >> >> "Having a baby is an exciting and busy time for families, and over the >> last few years we've made it easier and faster for parents to register >> a birth and get their child's birth certificate, thanks to the online >> birth registration system," Dominello added. >> >> Parents have 60 days to register their newborn, which can now be done >> online. >> >> Consultation on the digital birth certificate is open until 23 May 2021. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Link mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > Telephone: 0414-869202 > Email: [email protected] > Website: http://ramin.com.au > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Link Digest, Vol 341, Issue 18 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
