Australians to Get Compulsory Photo ID Smartcard

syousef writes "The Sydney morning herald reports that a new national ID card will be issued in Australia."From 2010 people will not be able to receive government health and welfare payments without a card. People may choose to have other information stored on the card, such as health and emergency contact details which, for example, ambulance officers could use.". Your papers please."

should have said..

[Anisty]

wo ist deine papieren bruce?

Can't they just...

[dohzer]

...implant it on the back of my hand? I don't want to have to remember to take it everywhere!

Obviously convicts have fewer rights

[Anonymous Coward]

Why shouldn't inhabitants of a penal colony be forced to carry ID?

Aussies, you should be asking serious questions of your government.

Re:Fritz Lang's M

[gowen]

We've had ID cards for many years in Switzerland, and if they're anything, that's extremely convenient.

Be quiet, you'll break the groupthink.

See? See?

[Max Threshold]

This is what happens when you willingly give up your assault weapons!

Re: Wont work..

[dohzer]

Well then implant it in my wang. If I loose that, I don't want them to stop me dying.

Overheard in the War Room...

[cffrost]

"Mr. President! We must not allow a privacy-shaft gap!"

Re:Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming?

[Anonymous Coward]

This is nothing new at all. Back in 1990 my debate team had a rebuttle argument called "meat." It went like this.

1. Your project creates more wealth.
2. Wealthy people eat more beef.
3. The rain forests are cut down for more pasture to raise more cows.
4. The reduction in rainforests causes global warming.
5. Global warming causes famine.
6. Famine causes nuclear war.
7. Henceforth your plan (help the homeless, old people, whatever) causes nuclear war.

Nobody actually won any debate using it, but a foolish opponent might waste time on it.

Hey, whats that cloud????

[lukedukekiwi]

Maybe we should refer to ourselves as "land of the long smug cloud". At least you never mentioned "ahead of the curve...". Im starting to wish we had a military, if george clooney ever gets close to NZ we might have to shoot him down to avert a catastrophy.