Business group weighs in on Australia’s need to go digital with IDs

Fed up with identity fraud, the Business Council of Australia is stumping for a national digital ID. It has posted for recommendations for the government and while they are anodyne, it's hard to argue against their effectiveness.

Council members want "an economy-wide" digital ID to make verification more efficient but also to lighten the redundant information load that business carry in the current decentralized model.

In fact, the government needs to urgently create deadlines for non-government organizations to adopt digital …

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