digital licence

Users were met with an error message when they tried to access what was touted as the ‘best digital licence in the nation’.

Now that millions of identity credentials have been reissued, Queensland is taking another run at creating a digital licence like NSW’s.

This year National Child Protection Week falls on 5-11 September and with the theme ‘every child, in every community, needs a fair go’.

Member for Penrith Stuart Ayres has encouraged locals to participate in the pilot, which will test the functionality of the digital photo card before it is rolled out across the state.

The New South Wales government says more than 30,000 digital licences have been downloaded since the digital licence platform was launched last year. Boating now joins fishing, alcohol and gambling, but driving is stuck in the slow lane.

Digital licences could save the taxpayer millions, but there are practical and social challenges still ahead as states prepare services for a cardless and cashless future. Service NSW launches first with three licence types.

South Australia joins other states in adopting digital drivers’ licences. But their value will only be realised, the agency says, when most users decide to ditch the plastic versions for good.