Australian Public Sector Tuned Identifiers

Precision-tuned Australian public-sector identifier and payment patterns using the current validated TestPattern definitions, regional phone-number overmatch controls, checksum-backed identifiers, and sentinel/test-value filters.

Jurisdictions
au
Regulations
privacy-act-1988, tax-admin-act-1953, financial-accountability-act-2009-qld
Patterns
13

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 candidate Centrelink Customer Reference Numbers consisting of 9 digits followed by a letter. The bare shape is not unique and requires a CRN/Centrelink label for enforcement.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Australian Deposit Account Reference

Identifies references to Australian consumer deposit account numbers in financial and compliance documents. Uses structural anchors with proximity constraints.

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Individual Healthcare Identifier

Detects Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI) patterns. The IHI is a 16-digit number starting with the prefix 800360; the official format carries a Luhn check digit (not enforced here).

Type
regex
Confidence
medium

Australia Medicare Card Identifier

Identifies Australian Medicare card numbers (10-11 digits, first digit 2-6). Filters same-digit sequences. Requires corroborative health-scheme keywords for reliable detection.

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
medium

Australian Driver's Licence Number

Discovery-only compatibility coverage for Australian driver's licence number candidates across all states and territories. The stable au-motor-vehicle-permit slug is retained for catalogue, collection, workbook, and package compatibility. State and territory enforcement belongs to the eight au-*-driver-licence-number SITs. Microsoft Purview tenants can instead select the free built-in Australia Driver's License Number entity (1cbbc8f5-9216-4392-9eb5-5ac2298d1356); this compatibility pattern is not a custom clone of that built-in.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Australian Taxation Identifier

Identifies Australian Tax File Numbers (TFNs) — unique nine-digit identifiers issued by the Australian Taxation Office. Uses an inline mod-11 Checksum validator with AllDigitsSameFilter and TextMatchFilter to exclude known test values.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

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. The Purview design inventories the broad bare shape at 65, enforces a labelled value in education context at 75, and reserves 85 for labelled values with authoritative USI/VET record context.

Type
regex
Confidence
low

Payroll Master File with Tax File Numbers

Detects bulk payroll data files containing employee names, Tax File Numbers (TFNs), bank account details, and salary information. Disclosure enables mass identity theft, fraudulent tax returns, and targeted social engineering.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

Superannuation Fund Member Statement - Bulk

Detects bulk superannuation member data including individual balances, employer contributions, TFN-linked records, and beneficiary nominations from government super schemes such as QSuper.

Type
regex
Confidence
high

Whole-of-Government ERP Payment Authorisation File

Detects bulk payment authorisation files extracted from government ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, TechnologyOne) containing payee bank accounts, payment amounts, and authorisation codes for batch processing.

Type
regex
Confidence
high