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Jan  2007 - 

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            Herald Sun readers reveal issues | Herald Sun
Ian Royall - Jan 2, 2007. AN increasing majority of Victorians want John Howard to stay on as Prime Minister - but they also want him to bring Australian troops home from Iraq. Poll also includes Question on Access Card/ID Card
 
            Government seeks access card integrator : ZDNet Australia: News: Business
One of the year's biggest tender opportunities has hit the market with the Office of Access Card issuing its systems integrator request for tender (RFT), part of the AU$1.1 billion health and social services access card.
 
            National ID card worry | The Courier-Mail
Lachlan Heywood - Jan 8, 2007. A BACKBENCH revolt is looming against the Federal Government's Access Card amid concern the $1.1 billion project has already suffered a substantial cost blowout.
 
            ID card roll-call for 16.7m | National Security | The Australian
Ben Woodhead - Jan 9, 2007. Outlines plan for 32,000 people to be processed per day during the registration of the adult population for the ID Card..
 
            Australian IT - Card comment a joke, says Labor (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 12, 2007)
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            Privacy should be our choice - Opinion - theage.com.au
Jan 14, 2007 - The Government is going to issue cards that compromise our privacy. -
 
            Australian IT - ID backlash tipped (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 16, 2007)
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            Australian IT - Opposition to Canberra's card builds (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 16, 2007)
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            Your privacy is assured - Opinion - theage.com.au
Jan 16, 2007 - The access card will have less information printed on it than drivers' licences, writes Joe Hockey. -
 
            Too smart by half: privacy is still at risk - Editorial - Opinion
Jan 16, 2007 - Some valid concerns remain about the Government's new social services card. -
 
            Why bother with Canberra? | The Sunday Mail
Darrell Giles - January 20, 2007. A QUEENSLAND federal MP has taken an estimated $10,000 taxpayer-funded study tour to Britain and the US after snubbing the offer of a briefing in Canberra.
 
            Australian IT - ID card to target Medicare (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 23, 2007)
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            AMA, privacy task force concerned over Access Card. 23/01/2007. ABC News Online
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says draft legislation for the Federal Governments Access Card for health and welfare services does not address concerns about privacy or its potential use f
 
            National access card 'too personal' - National - theage.com.au
Jan 23, 2007 .A government taskforce and doctors have raised major privacy concerns about draft legislation for a new access card. -
It’s an ID card, not an iPod » mgk: Machine Gun Keyboard

 

Smart Card Alliance Brings Advances in Chip Technology to RSA Conference 2007 with Tutorial, Pavilion and Panel - Smart Card Alliance

The Smart Card Alliance, a non-profit association, works to stimulate the understanding, adoption, and widespread application of smart card technology. Through specific projects such as education programs, market research, advocacy, industry relations and open forums, the Alliance keeps its members connected to industry leaders and innovative thought. The Alliance is the single industry voice for smart cards, leading industry discussion on the impact and value of smart cards in the U.S. and Latin America.

 
Cabinet reshuffle: Access Card project gets new head : ZDNet Australia: News: Business

The appointment of Joe Hockey as Workplace Relations minister in the latest Howard Government revamp leaves a new man in charge of the controversial Access Card program.

 
Joe Hockey, sometime butt of jokes, now Howard's IR front man - (23/1) National

Joe Hockey stars just as often in blooper shots as he does in hard-hitting political grabs. -

 
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Howard rolls out big guns for poll - (23/1) National - theage.com.au

John Howard will rely on two super salesmen in key areas of environment and workplace in his attempt to win fifth term. -

 
Access Card Makes Health Harder For Young People - January 25, 2007

Access Card Makes Health Harder For Young People

 
Race quiz concern on smartcard - (24/1) National - theage.com.au

Information on Government's new health and welfare smartcard could be used to discriminate against people based on race, privacy advocates warn. -

 
Australian Labor Party: Housing Affordability Crisis And Access Card

Housing Affordability Crisis And Access Card

 
Teen Medicare ban 'rubbish'

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Australian IT - Card bidders sign up for secrecy (Ben Woodhead, JANUARY 25, 2007)

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Access card holds too much info: Labor - (23/1) National - Breaking News

The federal government's proposed access card is a de facto identity card which will include too much information, Labor says. -

 
Card could deny teen girls pill | NEWS.com.au

TEENAGE girls seeking the birth control pill will have to get their parents' permission or apply to a senior bureaucrat for a Medicare card to avoid a $55 doctors fee under new rules.

 
Campbell loses but gains new role | The Nation | The Australian

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Spies like us: we never walk alone | Features | The Australian

The Australian, Australia's national daily newspaper.

 
Australian IT - Doing the numbers on e-health (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 30, 2007)

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Australian IT - Clock ticking for access card (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 30, 2007)

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Digg - Access Card - Australia Card revisited

 

Australian IT - Orwell award on card for Hockey (Karen Dearne, JANUARY 30, 2007)

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Access Card needs a dealer: ZDNet Australia: News: Hardware

Office of Access Card officials have issued the second request for tender in the program, seeking a prime contractor to produce the card and its management system.