Let’s kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all

Bruce Baer Arnold

Let’s kill the Australian identity card zombie once and for all

Bruce Baer Arnold

Canberra Law School

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Abstract

Some policies are like zombies – toxic, frightening, defiantly unkillable. They reappear, even though they aren’t useful and aren’t pretty. Pauline Hanson’s call for a national identity card is one of those zombies.

The One Nation leader has been calling for a networked biometric card for people who interact with the national government. Put simply, that is most citizens. The card will supposedly significantly reduce fraud by non-citizens who are resident in Australia.

Original language	English
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Volume	2017
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publisher	The Conversation Paperpress
Publication status	Published - 17 Jan 2017

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