Bill
Identity-matching Services Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-02-07
- second reading — 2018-02-07
- other — 2019-04-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-02-07.
This bill would set up a system for governments to automatically exchange identity information with each other.
It would give the Department of Home Affairs the legal authority to run an interoperability hub and a national driver licence database for that purpose.
The explanatory memorandum says the bill is part of an intergovernmental agreement agreed by COAG in October 2017.
- Create a legal basis for the Department of Home Affairs to collect, use and share identification data for identity-matching services.
- Define the scope of identity-matching services, including who can use them and for what purposes.
- Add accountability measures such as yearly reporting, a required review and penalties for unauthorised disclosure of information.
The Commonwealth, state and territory governments and their agencies are affected, particularly those issuing driver licences, passports, visas and citizenship documents.
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