Sustain and develop the next stage of the Digital ID program.
The Government will provide $26.9 million in 2023-24 to sustain and develop the next stage of the Digital ID program. Funding includes: * $24.7 million for the Department of Finance and the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) to maintain the current Digital ID system and design the policy and legislative foundations to transition to an economy-wide Digital ID ecosystem with an independent regulator * $1.1 million for the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner to provide ongoing privacy assurance for the Digital ID program * $1.1 million for the Australian Taxation Office for communications research associated with the myGovID brand. The cost of this measure will be partially met from within the existing resourcing of the DTA.