Fascists like Antic aren't going to save your rights.

Wait, is this different to a driver's license, medicare card, tax file number, or mygov login?

I'd be happy to reduce the amount of times I have to deal with providing multiple forms of ID, particularly the insanity of having to get copies certified for places that then expect you to email a image of said copies (therefore defeating the whole point of a certified copy).

I am dubious that a digital ID will actually end up making things easier though, I give it pretty good odds that it'll just be an additional hoop to jump through. I also have reservations about what happens when the digital IDs are compromised, because that'll happen at some point no matter how secure the system is claimed to be.

Edit: Relevant XKCD

1. Is this a ploy for Alex Antic to collect personally identifiable information?
2. I’m not going to give my data to a Liberal politician (why are they called “Liberal” - the Labor party is more liberal; the “Liberal” party should change their name to “Conservative”)
3. Why don’t we see what is proposed before opposing it?

a) Personally I don’t oppose the concept, but I don’t trust anyone to handle the data appropriately

b) I find the idea of locking everyone in to an Android/Apple duopoly offensive (myGovId is the perfect example of how not to implement this) — this may be the final nail that converts me to dumping my “Smart” devices and moving to a dumb phone.

Lucky for me, I can't even get a DigitalID because it doesn't accept my doccuments

Why would you even need a digital ID? My digital driver's licence works great, accepted everywhere I go already and I've not carried a wallet for more than a year.

Transport card - digital Credit card - digital Loyalty cards - digital Drivers licence and all types of permits - digital Private health and Medicare - digital

Which place demands a physical copy of anything thesedays and moreover since it's working fine why do we need another

If it’s optional, decentralised and not a massive database hosted by the government to trace you then it might be a good idea. But apart from that it’s a no go to me. Argggh, I wish politicians would put their political compass test results on their site because otherwise I don’t know what I’m supporting.

This is the first step in a Chinese-style social credit system

We already have a social credit system, it's called a credit system.

I'm sure Labor will roll back the positive credit reporting laws any moment now.

I am utterly uninterested in this for a whole host of reasons. It only has potential negative side effects for me. I just don't see any benefit.