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  • Access card legislation set for June

    Legislation for the government's AU$1.09 billion health and social services Access Card will be introduced to parliament in June after a Senate Committee Inquiry's recent rebuke.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Access card to go ahead despite backlash: Govt

    Opposition parties and privacy groups are warning that Australians may still be forced to carry the government's controversial Access Card should the Liberal Party win the upcoming federal election.

  • 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.

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