It will be much tougher for criminals to steal someone’s identity under proposed new laws introduced to the upper house today.
The government plans to crackdown on identity thieves by introducing new offences into law, imposing heavier penalties, while also improving how such fraud is policed.
It also wants to frame the offences in words that are technology neutral, meaning it will cover all forms of identity crime as they emerge.
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