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The Australia Card was a controversial proposal for a national identification card for Australian citizens and resident foreigners. The proposal was made in 1985, and abandoned in 1987. Original German Personalausweis (front) Original German Personalausweis (back) An identity document is a piece of documentation designed to prove the identity of the person carrying it. ...
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1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The idea for the card was raised at the national Tax Summit in 1985 convened by the then Federal Labor government. The card was to amalgamate other government identification systems and act against tax avoidance and health and welfare rorts. The government introduced legislation in the parliament in 1986, but it didn't have a majority in the Senate and was blocked by the opposition and minor parties. This article is about the year. ...
This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax mitigation. ...
Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag The Parliament of Australia is the legislative branch of Australia. ...
1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In response, Labor used the Australia Card legislation as the trigger for a Double Dissolution at the 1987 election. The government was returned, and so it could have held a joint sitting of parliament to get its legislation through. But a technical flaw in the legislation was noticed, that the date of implementation would have to be passed separately, preventing its introduction. It's not clear that this flaw was fatal to the scheme, but the government did at that point abandon the idea. It may well have been a convenient face-saving way out of the situation, because by that time very significant popular opposition had arisen from widely disparate groups. Image:Ac. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on July 11, 1987, between Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke, leader of the Australian Labor Party, Opposition Leader John Howard, leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and National Party of Australia leader Ian Sinclair. ...
The Australia Card proposal was, and is still, the subject of strong views. The proposal was either an egregious intrusion into individual's privacy, giving bureaucrats enormous power; or it was an efficient and evolutionary step for a technological age, combatting fraud. And its defeat was either a triumph of citizens acting to protect their rights; or irrelevant in the end due to the expansion of other identification systems and data matching.
The Australia Card proposal resurfaces every so often. Most recently, figures within the ruling Liberal Party of Australia - which opposed the card in the 1980s - joined by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie, have voiced support for a national identity card. The Australia Card, say some, would help the government to combat terrorism and address flaws in the immigration system. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...
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Peter Beattie Peter caca penis Beattie you see I was just born retarded!!! (born November 18, 1952), Australian politician, is the Premier of the Australian state of Queensland and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state. ...
Plans to expand the capabilities of the ubiquitous Medicare card announced in 2005 by Human Services minister Joe Hockey have been criticised as a step in the direction of an Australia Card. The government has stated that it has no plans to introduce a national identity card at this stage. A Medicare Card is a green coloured plastic card which identifies the persons listed on it as eligible for rebates under the Australian Medicare system when they are treated privately by a doctor. ...
Hon Joe Hockey Joseph Benedict Joe Hockey (born 2 August 1965), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of North Sydney, New South Wales. ...
See also
- Tax File Number – its uses are restricted and it has far lesser scope than the Australia Card would have had, despite increased interaction between welfare and tax matters.
- Medicare card – issued to and used by almost all individuals, but just for health services and rebates, not identication in other areas.
Tax File Number (TFN) is an 8 or 9 digit number issued by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to each taxpayer (individual, company, superannuation fund, partnership or trust) to identify their Australian tax dealings. ...
A Medicare Card is a green coloured plastic card which identifies the persons listed on it as eligible for rebates under the Australian Medicare system when they are treated privately by a doctor. ...
References - Australia Card profile, at Caslon Analytics
- Just Another Piece of Plastic for your Wallet: The 'Australia Card' Scheme, by Roger Clarke (academic and long-time opponent of the scheme)
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