Digital ID will ‘significantly increase’ Australians security online

Labor MP Andrew Charlton says Australians should “have the choice” to have a digital ID as it will “significantly increase their security online”. Mr Charlton said “millions of Australians” are losing valuable information which could put them at risk. “What Bill Shorten is talking about is providing people with an option, where instead of providing those documents and putting themselves at risk that those documents could fall into the hands of cybercriminals, there’ll be an alternative method for them to prove their identity which doesn’t expose them to those same risks,” he told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “I think it’s important for Australians to have a choice, but this is a choice that many Australians, I think, will find attractive because it will reduce their risk of identity theft and reduce their risk of cybercrime.”