from ZD Net April 19, 2021
A national digital identity program was raised as one of the key priorities during the Data and Digital Ministers’ Meeting on Friday.
Off the back of the meeting, a communique indicated the ministers agreed that a national approach to digital identity would “make it easier for the Australian public to interact online across a wide range of digital services, regardless of the jurisdiction they live in or the service they are accessing”. They added work continues among them to “make this a reality”.
The meeting’s agenda also covered the development of an intergovernmental agreement to support national data sharing between governments, as well as updates on the Commonwealth’s rollout of a COVID-19 vaccination “passport“.
“Enhancements to the Immunisation History Statement make proof of COVID-19 vaccination clear and easy to access for individuals who have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Ministers noted this is an important step in the continued re-opening of Australia’s economy,” the communique stated.
Also on late Friday, the federal government revealed the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) would return to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), just under two years after it was shifted to the Social Services portfolio.
Despite the move, the agency will remain under the watch of Stuart Robert, who was formerly Minister for Government Services before being moved to Minister for Employment Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business as part of the most recent ministerial cabinet reshuffle.
See: DTA to refresh Australia’s digital transformation strategy
The last time the DTA was housed under PM&C was in 2015. Back then, the agency was known as the Digital Transformation Office and was charged with unifying government agencies and services online. The agency then underwent a name change from DTO to DTA under a year after being established.
The shift of the DTA under the Social Services portfolio happened when Prime Minister Scott Morrison established Services Australia as the federal government’s centralised service delivery agency.
An order signed by the Governor-General and Prime Minister revealed that while the DTA has been moved back into PM&C its responsibilities remain largely unchanged, specifying that it will continue to oversee whole-of-government IT investments, digital deliveries, and procurement services.
Read also: Senate Committee concerned with DTA’s level of IT project oversight
It will also manage strategic coordination and oversight functions for digital and IT investment across the life cycle of projects, as well as provide advice to Robert on whole-of-government digital.
The DTA is currently juggling a number of significant government tech projects. In a document prepared for a Senate committee in March, the DTA disclosed there were 84 IT projects over AU$10 million in value underway by Australian government entities as of December 2020. Some of these projects include the redevelopment of myGov and the whole-of-government digital identity program.
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Have a look at your Drivers License, all of our information is there, including a picture of us, our date of birth and our residential address – so what if they add another bit on it, which says if we have had the Covid shot – or not, no big deal – not enough to lose any sleep over.
I won’t ever have a Covid shot for several reasons.
Every time Covid appears in our State, our State is locked down until the danger is seen to have passed – so why are Covid shots necessary, unless you intend to travel overseas and that is a necessary requirement of being able to get on an aircraft.
I am in my mid 70’s and towards the end of my life and I don’t trust experimental test vaccines, which are already obsolete, to keep me safe from later variants.
I have remained safe with my “Salt Water Cure for over 26 years, heard that a hand, foot and mouth virus is starting to hit in Australia and there is no vaccine for that – so do my salt water cure, kill off the virus in your head, before it has the chance to be anything else and never get this disease either – or don’t and suffer, instead!!
Proof of the pudding is in the sniffing, or snorting, as I have mentioned previously – now would be a good tester, to see if it works and keeps you safe from hand, foot and mouth and if so, then you will see how it murders Coronavirus in your head, in just the same way.
Feel you are coming down with something, or sneeze occasionally, or a bit of a sore throat, or an unexpected headache which won’t go away, or anything else – 1 heaped teaspoon of salt in a mugful of warm water, cup a hand – pour some mix in – sniff or snort the lot up into your head, spitting anything out which comes down into your mouth – sore up there, you have a virus, so when soreness goes away (2-3 minutes) blow your nose out, flush away, washing your hands afterwards and do morning, noon and night, or more often if you want, until the soreness goes away and you won’t ever get get the disease, the virus could have become.
Simple.
Richard
Once again… Many thanks to Cairnsnews for their Honesty and Courage!
Can the Australian Government really issue out these Covid 19 Vaccine Passports? Considering its Experimental and TGA has only give Provisionally Approved licence to Pfizer and AstraZeneca for next 2 years. The Australian Government would be breaking the constitution any Medicine, Vaccines or Medical Products people have the choice to be part of a trial. Why would anyone even be part of a human trial esp for Vaccines or Medicines not know going to survive or not to huge of a risk in my books. I rather be in control like driving a car then have zero control for any Vaccines or Medicines.
Every time there is a person with Covid, that respective State locks down until the person has been investigated, along with anyone else the person with Covid might have contacted.
Covid is stopped dead and mass infections don’t happen in Australia and things will continue in much the same way, till at least 2024 according to what I have read online.
With that in mind, why are Australians supposed to have experimental test vaccine shots, when each time there is a new Covid case, that State locks down?
It makes no sense to me. Covid won’t ever be allowed to ravage Australia, like it has done in America and other countries with a lot more people and not on a huge island which Australia is, on the one hand and test vaccines on the other for no other reason than what, exactly?
Richard
For decades we have tried the ballot box; then the soap box but now its time for the ammo box.Editor
but still no need for Voter ID !!
  — firstly to get onto the Electoral Roll  – refer to Comm Electoral Act section 98AA (2) (c) (ii)  at http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/cth/consol_act/cea1918233/s98aa.html
 — secondly when turning up to vote.
Therefore, at each of the last 3 federal elections over 18,000 letters were sent to persons, who according to Electoral Commission records seem to have voted more than once.
 e.g. I attach the Sydney Morning Herald article of 19 Oct 2016, and the page of data that I received from the AEC.
That means *over 36,000 Multiple Votes* at each of the last 3 federal elections! but NO prosecutions!
It makes a mockery of our democracy does it not?!
Will ScoMo take action? or get defeated by Labor Vote FRauds?
from Alexander Stewart
How original and forward-looking! It was even mentioned in Revelation, where it was called The Mark of the Beast.
First and foremost the “Government”, State or Federal have no legitimate right to control the population through the use of “privately owned’ mobile phones. There is no record on public display of the phones, their numbers, the address of the owner, the business related to the instruments. The government contributes zero to the bulk of the private users and more importantly any government action through the use of these privately owned devices needs to be approved by the voting public at elections, both State and Federal.
The entire use of these devices has been illegally plundered by government offices, the likes of, DSS, Motor Transport and many other Government Authorities without the written consent of the owner of the devise. Australia has reached the time in History when, the NATION needs to say, “Enough is enough”.
We have tolerated the invasion of privacy by government for long enough.
Our turn to set the Goal Posts and “Get out of my face with your controlling ways”
You have changed the Goalposts on the Telephone System?
Follow the NEW RULES.
The Mobile Phone has been made a private communication device by your actions entirely, now we set the Rules regarding YOUR future use of our devices.
“You will use these devices only with our approval in writing and then only to inform and never to control.?”
A NEW AGE is about to descend on Government. ?
Your actions have to become Legal, Legitimate and in the best interests of the Electorate.
Something quite new for you to consider ?
Remember the shit-fight when the words “Australia Card” were uttered, not that many years ago. The sheep have very short memories, and even less self awareness !
Their job is to carry out the will of the people and serve the people, and the people haven’t lobbied for these things to be done, our will carried out to make it happen! The People are not demanding and lobbying for these things to be carried out, or implemented, and are not raising petitions to have these things carried out. Get back to work politicians and do your job helping the sick, poor, veterans, farmers, and those going without, instead of these agendas. hitler will be laughing in his grave, at the things that are being carried out at present.
George Orwells “1984” is rolled out right before the eyes of all terrified citizens with the help of the incredibly corrupt MSM. A really fascinating study of how far the elite can go without being questioned by the people. By now it should be obvious that this has nothing to do with protecting people from this “terrifying pandemic” that kills about as many as an ordinary yearly flu!