Hopefully, public awareness will rise in Australian about the negative aspects of the so-called 'smart-card' (ie Privacy concerns). This is a similar proposal to the Australia Card in the 1980s, however because of the advances in technology (ie. data mining, and data matching), the stakes are a lot higher. It's on the card: your life, that is – Opinion – theage.com.au
The Government's smartcard gives it a method of carrying out surveillance on all Australians, writes Brian Walters. Last week James Kelaher, the man overseeing the Federal Government's smartcard, resigned, citing concerns about its implementation, including privacy. The next day the budget allocated $1.1 billion to the card's implementation
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