Previous consultation material and submissions
Here you will find the previous consultation material and related submissions. The documents listed in each section below are not current.
Consultation on exposure draft of the 2021 Trusted Digital Identity Bill took place between 1 and 27 October 2021.
Related documents:
- Your guide to the Digital Identity legislation [Word 1.1MB] [PDF 1.5MB] - NOT CURRENT
- Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021 exposure draft [Word 605KB] [PDF 2.6MB] - NOT CURRENT
- Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) Accreditation Rules [Word 450KB] [PDF 2.2MB] - NOT CURRENT
- Trusted Digital Identity Rules [Word 416KB] [PDF 2.1MB] - NOT CURRENT
- Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) [Word 2.3MB] [PDF 4.3MB] - NOT CURRENT
We heard from a range of Australians, including individuals and small businesses during consultation on the exposure draft.
Responses focused on the following themes:
- Choice: creating and using a Digital Identity should be a choice, now and in the future
- Access: some people don’t have access to devices, don’t want devices, or can’t use devices, so non-digital ways of interacting with Australian Government services should be provided
- Privacy: your data and personal information remains private
- Security: your data should be secure and safe from hackers, especially when it comes to biometric information
- Profiling including for advertising purposes: making sure Digital Identity isn’t, and won’t, become a system used to track and link your activity
The DTA also received 71 submissions from industry, government, advocacy bodies and peak bodies.
Their feedback centred on ensuring the harmonisation of the Bill with other legislation and regulatory requirements, as well as clarity of obligations for accredited participants versus those onboarded to the System.
Of these, the authors of the following 50 submissions agreed to make their feedback public:
- ACCAN.pdf
- Access Now.pdf
- ACT Government.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Anonymous.pdf
- Australian Banking Association.pdf
- Australian Christian Lobby.pdf
- Australian Financial Markets Association.pdf
- Australian Information Security Association.pdf
- Australian Payments Network Limited.pdf
- Australian Privacy Foundation.pdf
- Australian Retail Credit Association.pdf
- Australian Registrars' National Electronic Conveyancing Council.pdf
- Austroads.pdf
- Catholic Women's League Australia Inc.pdf
- Centre for Inclusive Design.pdf
- Cohesion Consulting Pty Ltd.pdf
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia.pdf
- Concerned Lawyers Network.pdf
- Court Tecnics.pdf
- CPA Australia.pdf
- Cuscal.pdf
- Digital Law Association.pdf
- DSPANZ.pdf
- FamilyVoice Australia.pdf
- Five 25 Law Pty Ltd.pdf
- IIS Partners.pdf
- Informed Medical Options Party.pdf
- Law Council of Australia.pdf
- Lockstep Consulting.pdf
- MainClear.pdf
- Microsoft Australia.pdf
- Nautilus Cyberneering CmbH.pdf
- NEC Australia.pdf
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.pdf
- Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland.pdf
- Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.pdf
- PricewaterhouseCoopers.pdf
- Real Estate Institute of Australia.pdf
- Reputationare.pdf
- Sezoo.pdf
- Tech Council of Australia.pdf
- Telstra.pdf
- The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation.pdf
- Yoti.pdf
Consultation on the position paper took place between 10 June and 14 July 2021.
Related documents:
- Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper [PDF 1.73MB]
- Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper summary [PDF 392KB]
We received 66 submissions. Respondents included individuals and private sector organisations, not-for-profit, academia, consumer groups, industry associations, and government.
The authors of the following submissions agreed to publish their feedback:
- 1account [PDF, 145KB]
- AccessNow [PDF, 236KB]
- Adobe [PDF, 342KB]
- Amazon Web Services [PDF, 337KB]
- Anonymous 01 [PDF, 470KB]
- Australia Post [PDF, 142KB]
- Australian Banking Association [PDF, 509KB]
- Australian Communications Consumer Action Network [PDF, 912KB]
- Australian Information Industry Association [PDF, 145KB]
- Australian Information Security Association [PDF, 392KB]
- Australian Retail Credit Association [PDF, 111KB]
- Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman [PDF, 828KB]
- Australian Society for Computers and Law and Allens Hub [PDF, 282KB]
- Business Council of Australia [PDF, 96KB]
- CommsAlliance [PDF, 167KB]
- CPA Australia [PDF, 152KB]
- Digital Service Providers Australia New Zealand [PDF, 260KB]
- Electronic Frontiers [PDF, 248KB]
- ForgeRock [PDF, 345KB]
- Identity Vault [PDF, 273KB]
- IGEA [PDF, 215KB]
- Illion [PDF, 162KB]
- Information Identity and Aravena Global Solutions [PDF, 148KB]
- Information Integrity Solutions [PDF, 182KB]
- Infosys Australia [PDF, 284KB]
- Innovations Accelerated [PDF, 476KB]
- IPC [PDF, 210KB]
- Kimberlee Weatherall - The University of Sydney Law School [PDF, 203KB]
- Lockstep [PDF, 143KB]
- Mark King [PDF, 139KB]
- Melbourne Law School and the Centre for AI and Digital Ethics [PDF, 210KB]
- Michelle Nieuwburg [PDF, 46KB]
- National Archives of Australia [PDF, 159KB]
- NEC Australia [PDF 540KB]
- NSW Council for Civil Liberties [PDF, 457KB]
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner [PDF, 232KB]
- Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner [PDF, 671KB]
- Ping Identity [PDF, 320KB]
- Queensland for Civil Liberties [PDF, 182KB]
- Queensland Law Society [PDF, 936KB]
- Reputationaire [PDF, 48KB]
- Telstra [PDF, 237KB]
- Trust Alliance [PDF, 347KB]
- TrustGrid [PDF, 462KB]
- Uniting Church [PDF, 737KB]
- Western Australia Office of Digital Government [PDF, 135KB]
- Willyama [PDF, 199KB]
- Yoti [PDF, 326KB]
- Youth Action NSW [PDF, 231KB]
Consultation on the discussion papers took place between 16 November and 18 December 2020.
Related documents:
- Digital Identity Legislation Synthesis Report [PDF, 503KB]
- Digital Identity Legislation Background Paper [PDF, 593KB] [docx, 663KB]
- Digital Identity Legislation Consultation Paper [PDF, 689] [docx, 386KB]
We received 44 submissions. The authors of the following submissions have agreed to publish their feedback.
- Australian Banking Association (ABA) [PDF, 313KB]
- Australian Business Software Industry Association (ABSIA) [PDF, 129KB]
- Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) [PDF, 219KB]
- Access Now [PDF, 226KB]
- Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government [PDF, 118KB]
- Andrew Beauchamp [PDF, 385KB]
- Anonymous 01 [PDF, 130KB]
- Anonymous 02 [PDF, 144KB]
- Anonymous 03 [PDF, 144KB]
- Anonymous 04 [PDF, 166KB]
- Australian Registrars' National Electronic Conveyancing Council (ARNECC) [PDF, 280KB]
- Australia Post [PDF, 203KB]
- Christopher Betts [PDF, 220KB]
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia [PDF, 1.45MB]
- Communications Alliance [PDF, 77KB]
- Deloitte [PDF, 390KB]
- Digital Strategy and Services Tasmania [PDF, 116KB]
- eSafety Commissioner [PDF, 118KB]
- GBG Australia PTY LTD [PDF, 96KB]
- IBM [PDF, 81KB]
- Kantara [PDF, 203KB]
- Lockstep [PDF, 398KB]
- National Archives of Australia [PDF, 216KB]
- Northern Territory Government [PDF, 156KB]
- New South Wales Information and Privacy Commission (NSW IPC) [PDF, 615KB]
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) [PDF, 235KB]
- Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland (OIC QLD) [PDF, 320KB]
- Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) [PDF, 242KB]
- PwC [PDF, 940KB]
- Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) [PDF, 136KB]
- Telstra [PDF, 206KB]
- Vanessa Teague [PDF, 105KB]
- Vero Guard Systems [PDF, 191KB]
- Yoti [PDF, 153KB]