Just wanted to share this awesome response to the Digital Iden | Channel 21

Just wanted to share this awesome response to the Digital Identity Bill online form. I went for more of the Risk VS Benefits approach with reference to the WEF Blueprint for Digital Identity, but this one is a cracker.


I am a sovereign person and an entity inside the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) of 9th July 1900 and the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901 proclaimed on the 1st January 1901. 

I am writing to make it known that I do not consent to the proposed Trusted Digital Identity Bill 2021 as I do not believe that it is in the best interests of the Australian people. While not a comprehensive list, I would raise the following points as matters of concern:

I am not satisfied that the proposed bill adequately takes into consideration the potential harm that would likely result from the accidental or deliberate disclosure or misuse of individuals’ personal information (including attributes, restricted attributes, and biometric information), whether such disclosure were to occur as a result of human or machine error, or through nefarious means such as cyber-attack. 

I believe that the proposed bill represents government overreach and lack of due respect for individual privacy regarding personal information (including attributes, restricted attributes, and biometric information); and it opens the door for arbitrary interference with an individual’s privacy, which would be in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 

Article 12

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

With regards to provisions for the Oversight Authority (OA) to develop, operate, and maintain a ‘trusted digital identity system’ (TDIS), and to impose or revoke certain conditions at its own discretion, I am not satisfied that there are satisfactory checks and balances in place to ensure that the OA’s decision-making is kept in the best interests of the Australian people. 

I am concerned that there is too much ambiguity written into the proposed bill which would allow the OA to abuse their authority with regards to the personal information of Australian individuals (including attributes, restricted attributes, and biometric information), and that individuals and their personal information could be at risk as a result. 

Finally, I note that the proposed bill makes an ostensible emphasis of the word “trusted” in relation to a proposed digital identity system. To this point I call your attention to the Service NSW cyber security breach of 2020 in which a reported 180,000 customers' personal details were exposed. I do not believe the Australian people should be required, either voluntarily or by coercion, to place their trust in a digital identity system when a breach of privacy of that magnitude is still liable to occur. 

To be clear, I do not consent to the institution of a Digital Identity System. I know that it is my duty to keep you informed of MY WILL on anything that comes before Parliament, or that should come before Parliament. 

Therefore, IT IS MY WILL that:

You SHALL NOT create a digital identity system. 

You SHALL NOT discriminate against any individual on the basis of having or not having a digital identity.

You SHALL NOT create a digital identity system as a means to create a Health Passport or any similar unlawful identity to use to discriminate against people.

You SHALL NOT make claims that a digital identity system is safe when it is evident that such systems are not safe.

You SHALL NOT use funds from the Commonwealth to implement any such digital identity system.