Australian Government IDs

Comprehensive Australian government identifier detection. Covers tax, healthcare, immigration, welfare, education, and business identifiers.

Jurisdictions
au
Regulations
privacy-act-1988
Patterns
14

Patterns in this collection

Australian Branch Routing Code

Identifies Australian Bank State Branch (BSB) routing codes in 3-digit dash 3-digit or continuous 6-digit formats. Supports space separator. Requires corroborative financial-institution keywords.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Australian Business Number

Detects Australian Business Numbers (ABNs), which are unique 11-digit identifiers issued by the Australian Business Register to entities carrying on a business in Australia. ABNs are commonly formatted as groups of 2-3-3-3 digits separated by spaces or hyphens. The ABN includes a check digit mechanism, but this pattern relies on format matching combined with corroborative evidence rather than algorithmic validation.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Centrelink Customer Reference Number

Detects Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) patterns consisting of 9 digits followed by a letter.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Australian Citizenship Certificate

Detects Australian Citizenship Certificate number patterns including prefixed formats (ACC, CDM, ACS, CAS followed by 4-8 digits) and numeric-only formats (0 + 10 digits).

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Australian Company Number

Detects Australian Company Number patterns. This pattern is based on a Microsoft Purview built-in sensitive information type. Users already running Purview may prefer to enable the built-in SIT directly, or use this version as a starting point for customisation.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

Individual Healthcare Identifier

Detects Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) patterns. The IHI is a 16-digit number starting with the prefix 800360, validated with the Luhn algorithm.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Australian Medicare Number

Detects Australian Medicare card numbers, which are issued to Australian citizens and permanent residents for access to subsidised healthcare under the Medicare system. The number consists of 10 digits: the first digit is between 2 and 6, followed by 8 additional digits and a single check digit. Numbers are commonly formatted as groups of 4-5-1 digits separated by spaces or hyphens.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

Medicare Provider Number

Detects Medicare Provider Number patterns. An 8-character code consisting of 6 digits, a location character, and a check character. Validated by location and check character sets.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Australian Motor Vehicle Permit

Identifies Australian driver's licence numbers across all 8 states and territories using state-specific digit/letter formats. State context provided via regex-based jurisdiction matching rather than keyword lists. Includes generic fallback tier.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

NDIS Participant Number

Detects NDIS Participant Number patterns. A 9-digit number starting with the prefix 43.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

PBS Prescriber Number

Detects PBS Prescriber Number patterns. A 7-digit number with check digit validation using weights [0,5,8,4,2,1], mod 11.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Australian Taxation Identifier

Identifies Australian Tax File Numbers (TFNs) — unique nine-digit identifiers issued by the Australian Taxation Office. Uses Func_australian_tax_file_number validator with AllDigitsSameFilter and TextMatchFilter to exclude known test values.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

Australian Passport Number

Identifies Australian passport numbers using a broad letter-prefix pattern covering single-letter and two-letter series. Requires corroborative evidence from travel-credential and issuing-nation keywords.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Unique Student Identifier

Detects Unique Student Identifier (USI) patterns. A 10-character alphanumeric code (uppercase letters and digits) mandatory since January 2023 for higher education in Australia.

Type
regex
Confidence
low