Topic(s): Final Budget Outcome; Rupert Murdoch’s retirement.

Topic(s): Final Budget Outcome, RBA Review, Employment White Paper, Rupert Murdoch, COVID inquiry.

The Final Budget Outcome for 2022-23 shows the Albanese Government’s responsible economic management and spending restraint has delivered the first budget surplus in 15 years. 

Australian Information Industry Association luncheon I begin by acknowledging country to the traditional custodians, the Ngunnawal people, upon whose land we gather this afternoon and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

The Albanese Government has released exposure draft Digital ID legislation today to kick off the next stage of work towards creating a national Digital ID system in Australia.Work on a national Digital ID system began in 2015 and under the current voluntary framework already more than 10.5 million Australians have a Digital ID to access government services. 

The Australian Government is today introducing legislation to ensure identity verification services are secure and protect the privacy of Australians.Identity verification enables Australians to conveniently and securely engage with the digital economy without exposing them to identity fraud and theft.