Directors were indeed required to register via myGovID, with a deadline of November 30, 2022 for existing directors, and new directors required to apply before appointment [1][3].
According to ASIC's official guidance, director IDs "are not recorded on the companies register" and "you do not need to tell us your director ID when you apply to register a company or make changes to director details" [4].
The scheme was first announced on September 12, 2017 by the Coalition Government, with the concept initially recommended by the Productivity Commission in September 2015 [7].
The legislation (Treasury Laws Amendment Act 2020) passed in June 2020, making it a formal government requirement [8].
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該主張 gāi zhǔ zhāng 遺漏 yí lòu 了關 le guān 於 yú DIN DIN 制度 zhì dù 實際 shí jì 運作 yùn zuò 方式 fāng shì 的 de 幾個 jǐ gè 關鍵 guān jiàn 事實 shì shí : :
The claim omits several critical facts about how the DIN scheme actually operates:
1. **Dual system, not replacement**: The DIN is a **separate regulatory identifier** maintained by the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) for government tracking purposes [4].
It does not replace or supersede the information directors continue to lodge with ASIC [5].
2. **Public information still public**: Directors' names, dates of appointment, and addresses remain publicly available through ASIC searches and company extracts [6].
The DIN itself is not disclosed to the public—it is a regulator-facing identifier [4].
3. **The purpose was different**: The DIN was designed to prevent "false or fraudulent director identities" and to track "director involvement in unlawful practices, such as illegal phoenix activity," not to reduce transparency [1][9].
4. **Compliance mechanism**: Rather than reducing transparency, the DIN creates an enforcement mechanism.
Directors must apply for one, keep it up-to-date, and face penalties for failing to do so or misrepresenting it (up to 1 year imprisonment for applying for multiple IDs or misrepresentation) [4].
The original source ZDNet is a reputable technology news outlet owned by Ziff Davis and provides factual reporting on government digital initiatives [1].
該 gāi 文章 wén zhāng 準確 zhǔn què 報導 bào dǎo 了 le DIN DIN 制度 zhì dù 的 de 公告 gōng gào 及 jí 要求 yāo qiú 。 。
The article accurately reports on the announcement and requirements of the DIN scheme.
However, ZDNet does not make claims about transparency reduction—that interpretation comes from the claim author.
第二 dì èr 個 gè 資料 zī liào 來源 lái yuán 《 《 Game Game of of Mates Mates 》 》 是 shì 一本 yī běn 關於 guān yú 澳洲 ào zhōu 政治 zhèng zhì 裙 qún 帶關 dài guān 係 xì 的 de 書籍 shū jí , , 但 dàn 似乎 sì hū 並未 bìng wèi 具體 jù tǐ 討論 tǎo lùn DIN DIN 制度 zhì dù , , 這 zhè 暗示 àn shì 它 tā 可能 kě néng 是 shì 為 wèi 了 le 提供 tí gōng 關於 guān yú 政府 zhèng fǔ 運作 yùn zuò 的 de 一般 yì bān 背景 bèi jǐng , , 而 ér 非關 fēi guān 於 yú 董事 dǒng shì 註 zhù 冊 cè 的 de 具 jù 體 tǐ 證 zhèng 據 jù 。 。
The second source (Game of Mates) is a book about political patronage in Australia but does not appear to specifically address the DIN scheme, suggesting it may be cited for general context about government processes rather than specific evidence about director registration.
**Did Labor propose or implement something similar?**
Search conducted: "Labor government director identification scheme accountability"
Finding: The Director ID concept was originally recommended by the **Productivity Commission in September 2015**, during the Coalition Government period [7].
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However, the Productivity Commission is an independent statutory agency making recommendations across government cycles.
搜尋內容 sōu xún nèi róng : : 「 「 Labor Labor government government director director identification identification scheme scheme accountability accountability 」 」
Labor has not announced a competing scheme to replace the DIN, nor has Labor moved to abolish it since returning to government in 2022 [10].
雖然批 suī rán pī 評者 píng zhě 認為 rèn wèi DIN DIN 要求 yāo qiú 增加 zēng jiā 了 le 董事 dǒng shì 的 de 監管 jiān guǎn 負擔 fù dān , , 但 dàn 政府 zhèng fǔ 提出 tí chū 的 de 理由 lǐ yóu 確實 què shí 合理 hé lǐ : : 防止 fáng zhǐ 企業詐 qǐ yè zhà 欺及 qī jí 非法 fēi fǎ 鳳凰 fèng huáng 公司 gōng sī 活動 huó dòng ( ( 將資產轉 jiāng zī chǎn zhuǎn 移至 yí zhì 新 xīn 公司 gōng sī 同時 tóng shí 遺留 yí liú 債務 zhài wù ) ) [ [ 1 1 ] ] [ [ 9 9 ] ] 。 。
While critics argue that the DIN requirement adds regulatory burden to directors, the government's stated justification was legitimate: preventing corporate fraud and illegal phoenix activity (where assets are transferred to a new company while debts are left behind) [1][9].
The DIN does **not replace** public information—it supplements it by creating a persistent identifier that tracks individuals across directorships and entities.
Importantly, the scheme includes safety provisions: directors can apply to suppress their residential address from public view if they believe displaying it could put their safety or family's safety at risk [11].
This actually provides **more flexibility** for director privacy than existed before.
**Key context:** The DIN scheme is an accountability mechanism, not a transparency reduction measure.
Public information about directors continues to be disclosed; what changed is that government now maintains a verified, persistent identifier to prevent fraudulent directorship claims and track problematic individuals across the corporate landscape.
Directors' names, addresses, appointment dates, and other personal details remain in the public ASIC register as they did before the scheme was introduced [4][6].
The DIN is a separate, non-public regulatory identifier used by government for fraud prevention and enforcement, not a replacement for the public register.
該主張 gāi zhǔ zhāng 聲稱 shēng chēng 「 「 這種 zhè zhǒng 所謂 suǒ wèi 的 de 透明度 tòu míng dù 嘗試 cháng shì 實際上 shí jì shàng 減少 jiǎn shǎo 了 le 公眾 gōng zhòng 可 kě 獲得 huò dé 的 de 資訊量 zī xùn liàng 」 」 是 shì 事實 shì shí 錯誤 cuò wù 的 de 。 。
The claim's assertion that "this attempt at transparency actually reduces the amount of information available to the public" is factually incorrect.
Directors' names, addresses, appointment dates, and other personal details remain in the public ASIC register as they did before the scheme was introduced [4][6].
The DIN is a separate, non-public regulatory identifier used by government for fraud prevention and enforcement, not a replacement for the public register.
該主張 gāi zhǔ zhāng 聲稱 shēng chēng 「 「 這種 zhè zhǒng 所謂 suǒ wèi 的 de 透明度 tòu míng dù 嘗試 cháng shì 實際上 shí jì shàng 減少 jiǎn shǎo 了 le 公眾 gōng zhòng 可 kě 獲得 huò dé 的 de 資訊量 zī xùn liàng 」 」 是 shì 事實 shì shí 錯誤 cuò wù 的 de 。 。
The claim's assertion that "this attempt at transparency actually reduces the amount of information available to the public" is factually incorrect.