| According to a new
report, called Quacking like a duck, the functions of the
proposed Australian public-service access card, which is to be used by
the Health Service, are identical to those proposed for a card 20 years
ago and overwhelmingly rejected.
The author, Professor Graham Greenleaf, has concluded that, although
“the Howard Government is adamant that the access card is not a national
ID card”, the new card “is the same in every significant aspect”.
Full story in bjhc&im July 2006 (215 words)
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