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I am wondering who proposed and advocated for the Australian system. I would appreciate any light that can be shed on this topic.
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Many countries ( United Kingdom, and some Western European nations) already have a "national ID card" in effect and others ( USA etc)are considering one ...... and with modern "scientific advances" are proposing biometric identifiers as part of the card technology.....DNA being ever popular has been part of the discussion...how far "they" will go with biometric identifiers is anybody's guess....anyway; a bit (below) on the Australian version (with history/background and current proposals:
Identifiers can be innate, unique and unchanging physical characteristics, such as fingerprints and DNA. They may be physical but subject to change, through for example aging or through gender reassignment surgery.
Identifiers can be assigned by the state or by nongovernment organisations, for example an identity number that can be embodied in an identity card and recorded in a register for statistical enumeration (so many dead souls in Bialystock or Boggabri) or other purposes, the scarlet letter worn by Hester Prynne or the 'F' for 'Felon' burnt into the skin of some pre-industrial criminals. ….snip/////
Identity can be chose - established - by the individual, through for example that person's career path, choice of associates, self-description in particular contexts ('Accountant', 'Methodist', 'Gay').
Identity may be determined through vetting and identity referencing processes. It can also be determined through tools such as biometrics, which seek to re-identify an innate characteristic and match that information with a record.
http://www.caslon.com.au/australiacardprofile1.htm
Individuals would be required to 'produce' the card (including provide a government agency or business with their number) for a range of reasons, including -
• opening accounts and subsequently engaging in transactions with financial institutions, including receiving/sending foreign remittances
• engaging in investment transactions and financial futures trading
• receipt of income, including money from property rental, primary production (agriculture, fisheries, forestry) and some trusts
• real estate transactions
• safe deposit box transactions
• employment
• taxation and prescribed payments
• seeking and receipt of health insurance benefits
• government unemployment, disability, aged pension and other social security benefits
• public hospital services
http://www.caslon.com.au/australiacardprofile3.htm
Another link:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...2-2702,00.html
PS: I'm of the opinion that our present (executive/judicial branches) gov't (US) would like to have "sex identifiers" chip-imbedded in the "Real ID cards" to "identify" the the people they deem "undesirable"....for "national security" purposes.
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According to George W. Bush it is really easy: if you have XY-chromosomes you are a man. And if you have XX-chromosomes you are a woman.
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A past discussion here in BLO Land touched upon this subject; It
really would be "federal law" that a person with XY chromosomes would be a man on the Real ID card, and vice versa.....any variations?...probably a Y chromosome would mean
man to them.....this is "their" current mind-set.
Dana