An ID card for Australia?

Some Australians have launched a campaign — Access Card No Way — against the card-which-isn’t-an-identity-card to be launched by the government has a replacement for the current Medicare card. This is an issue which all Australians, including Muslim Australians, need to familiarise ourselves with. For some of the arguments against the so-called Access Card, refer to Tim Warner’s speech to the Adam Smith Club earlier this year. More information can also be found at Electronic Frontiers Australia and at the Australian Privacy Foundation. And in case anyone thinks opposition to the card is simply the domain of hardcore libertarians and their like, it’s worth nothing that the Australian Medical Association, Australian Computer Society and Victorian Privacy Commissioner have all warned against its introduction.
(Hat tip to the Australian Libertarian Society)