Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I think this goes to the point I've just made about the fact that digital ID is required for businesses engaging with, say, the ATO at the moment—or a director's ID to minimise the risk of fraud. But, in relation to a person, creating or not creating a digital ID for themselves for their personal engagement with government remains voluntary. In fact, the bill states that government services—because of course we can't mandate in the private sector—must maintain an option—