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News (12)

• 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.

• Is the Access card dead or changing its identity?

  Labor needs to make an unequivocal commitment that it does not plan to scrap Howard's proposed Access Card and replace it with its own, according to civil liberties advocates.

• Labor lips sealed on Access Card future

  Despite having taken a non-committal stance on the Access Card during the election campaign, privacy advocates are hopeful that Labor will scrap the project now that it has entered government.

• Coalition ranked worst for privacy in election run-up

  The Coalition has been rated bottom among the major parties on commitment to privacy issues, according to a report released by the Australian Privacy Foundation.

• Access Card killed off by election?

  The upcoming election could prove a fatal blow to the government's Access Card plans, with privacy advocates encouraging a voter rebellion on the issue and Labor promising to drop the project if elected to government.

Features and Case Studies (3)

• Election 07: Coonan vs Conroy

  With only weeks to go to the election, how are the main parties shaping up on their tech promises?

• 2007: How was it for security?

  Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

• 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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