A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to get Australia to recognize bitcoin as an official form of currency.

One of the lawmakers who is leading the charge is Labor Senator Sam Dastyari. Dastyari remarked that having bitcoin as an official currency will be “a revolutionary leap for the Reserve Bank and for Australian financial institutions”.

Dastyari has admitted that while the country's Asian neighbors are well ahead in the area of cheap goods and services production, Australia can still make a difference in its financial services sector by having its own official currency and blockchain.

In 2015, the Australian government had already proposed for bitcoin and other digital currencies to be treated as fiat money for the purpose of goods and service tax (GST). This will put an end to the current scenario where Australian customers using digital currency for transactions are being taxed twice—one for GST on the product and another one for the GST levied on the digital currency used for the payment cryptocurrencies in the country.

This is a welcome step for the bitcoin community because aside from providing convenience to its customers, treating bitcoin as an official currency will ensure secure transactions. Regulation will allow the digital currency businesses to be protected from counter-terrorism and money-laundering efforts.

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