Australian Parliament Passes National Digital ID Law

The Epoch Times ^ | May 16, 2024 09:06 AM | Monica O’Shea

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Eighty-seven members voted for, and 56 against the Digital ID Bill 2024.

Australia’s House of Representatives has passed the national digital ID bill, which will embed the new online identification program into law.

The digital ID is supposed to replace the need for physical IDs, and is linked with government services such as MyGov, Centrelink, Medicare, and the Australian Tax Office (ATO).

The government has allocated $288.1 million (US$197 million) from the federal budget to roll out the program.

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On May 16, the Digital ID Bill 2024 received support from the Labor government, the left-wing Greens, and “Teals,” but was opposed by the Liberal-National Opposition. It already passed the Senate in March.

Live minutes from the nation’s lower house showed 87 members of Parliament voting in favour of the Bill, with 56 members voting “no.”

A day earlier, the legislation was sent to the smaller Federation Chamber for debate, before landing back in the House for a final vote.

[bitt]

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[thinden]

australia is sinking fast

(maybe hank johnson wasn’t that far off after all?)

[Candor7]

Are you getting your Federal ID ?

We already have them here for web based governmental services.

[naturalman1975]

What this bill does is give Australians the option - the option, not the requirement - to have the various forms of ID we all have nowadays - drivers licences and similar - in a digital form. There are definitely valid reasons to be worried about how secure the system will be, but some of you seem to think this is some sort of new universal ID - it’s not. It’s less invasive and intrusive than America’s Social Security Number system - which is something Australia doesn’t have.