The federal government has introduced legislation to permanently allow declarations to be made with electronic signatures and video-link witnessing. The measures were temporary during Covid-19. The ...

One of the last vestiges of centuries of paper and ink has finally fallen, after federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic ...

New laws allowing digital statutory declarations will make it easy to apply online for a raft of federal services such as passport renewals, Australian visas, health services, election enrolment, ...

Digital statutory declarations were adopted in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, now made permanent, impact a range of visa applicants including worker, student and partner visas. The ...

Australians will no longer have to adhere to an annoying legal requirement in a move that’s promised to simplify daily life and save people money. The federal government has introduced legislation to ...