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March Newsletter

DSPANZ News

Payments Working Group
Together with Australian Payments Plus (AP+), we’ve created a new members only working group focused on the evolving Australian payments landscape. The working group officially kicked off last week and will meet monthly moving forward. Members interested in joining the working group can email hello@dspanz.org. Learn more about the payments working group here.

Aotearoa New Zealand Newsletter
We’ve just launched a quarterly newsletter covering important updates for DSPs across Aotearoa New Zealand. Our first edition covered minimum wage rate changes, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety’s intention to deliver improvements to the Holidays Act, a summary of the recommendations from the Finance and Expenditure Committee’s commentary on the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023-24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill and introducing stronger requirements for eInvoicing. If you’re interested in receiving this newsletter, sign up here. Check out our New Zealand related news here.

2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy Legislative Reforms

We provided a submission to the Department of Home Affairs’ 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy: Legislative Reforms consultation on 1 March 2024. In summary, we supported measures that will enable the government to share cyber security information with industry and provided feedback on several other measures. Take a look at the submission here.

DSPANZ Representation
Over the past month, we’ve been attending the following representing DSPs:

ATO GST Stewardship Group
ATO Tax Professional Digital Implementation Group
ATO DSP Strategic Working Group
NZ Digital Advisory Group Payroll Working Group

Industry News

ATO Operational Security Framework Updates
The ATO has updated to the Operational Security Framework which includes making the evidence requirements easier to understand and improving the language in the Multi-Factor Authentication section. The ATO has also reminded DSPs to set aside enough time to upgrade to ISO 27001:2022 before their next review. Read more about the Operational Security Framework.

Family and Domestic Violence Leave Factsheet
The Fair Work Commission recently published a plain language factsheet covering recent changes to the general protections under the Fair Work Act 2009 relating to family and domestic violence leave. From 15 December 2023, employers cannot take adverse action against an employee or potential employee because they have been, or are being, subjected to family and domestic violence leave. Access a copy of the factsheet here.

NSW Industrial Relations Quarterly Newsletter
The NSW Industrial Relations Inspectorate runs a quarterly newsletter covering updates and information on long service leave and investigations. If you’re interested in staying up to date with NSW Industrial Relations, subscribe to the newsletter here and access more information via their website.

Members Spotlight

Who are you?
One Click Verify is an accredited Gateway Service Provider that encourages the adoption of Department of Home Affairs Virtual Reference Numbers (VRN's) to minimise the need for extensive document retention and physical or virtual appointments to verify clients.

What do you do?
One Click Verify is a modular AML/KYC platform designed for financial services who require a tailored solution to meet their special AML/CTF program requirements. The modules available to choose from are:

Biometrics & Passport
Photo ID Document Verification
Non Photo ID Document Verification
Manual Verification
PEP's and Sanctions
Signature Verification

Where are you located?
Western Australia

Who can people contact for more information?
hello@oneclickverify.com.au

Until next time,
The Team at DSPANZ.