IPU = Imaginary Property Unicorn writes “The proposed Australian ‘Access Card’, a universal ID that would be required for any Australian wishing to use Medicare, Centrelink, the Child Support Agency, or Veterans’ Affairs, has been scrapped by the incoming Rudd Labor Government. The card would have contained an RFID tag with the person’s name, date of birth, gender, address, signature, card number, card expiration date, and Medicare number, but there were also provisions to add more personal data later on. It seems that Rudd Labor is not eager to copy the American REAL ID Act.”
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February 18th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
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