Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed that Australia is in discussions with New Zealand over the possibility of shunning physical passports and instead storing the same identifying data electronically.
[2] This developments follows the department earlier this year called for call for suggestions earlier this year that would transform the agency’s operations as part of an “ideas challenge”.
[3] The So-called “cloud passports” won the judges over and took the top spot in the competition – meaning travellers do not need to carry a physical passport, but verified using biometric data.
[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Australia considering passport-less travel
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