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  • Health smart card data is under your control: Hockey

    The federal government has paved the way for additional personal details to be placed on its planned health and welfare services access card, but the Minister for Human Services, Joe Hockey, said the government had "no desire" to access or control that information.

  • Labor promise: 'We won't bring in new Access Card'

    The Department of Human Services has denied the Federal Labor government is investigating the introduction of a nationwide ID card scheme similar to the previous government's Access Card.

  • Tasmania to get first taste of Medicare smartcard

    Tasmania is to be the test bed for a new Medicare smartcard which will allow doctors to access patient information from the federal government's planned central repository of medical records.

  • Hackers on Medicare smart card waiting list

    Privacy advocates have slammed the new Medicare Smartcard, describing it as an insecure and technologically inept implementation.

  • Access Card not a general ID card: Keelty

    The success of the proposed Access Card rests on how the private sector puts it to use, according to Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty. Also: watch the video.

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  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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