Smart Card sacrificed ahead of election
by Freedom Rates Wednesday June 06, 2007 at 11:59 AM

"I think this proposal has been jettisoned because it's been publicly unpopular, not because of the technology but because of the whole framework that has been presented to the public."

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The government has delayed introducing its Smart [dumb ID] Card policy because of community opposition.

Yesterday the government announced the health and social services [No] Access [ID] Card may not be introduced until next year.

Labor's human services spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek has told the Australian Smart [dumb ID] Card Summit in Sydney that the government-proposed [No] access [ID] card is too expensive and there are still privacy concerns.

"What happened yesterday was a bit of excess baggage that we've ditched from the saddle bags on the way to an election," she said.

"I think this proposal has been jettisoned because it's been publicly unpopular, not because of the technology but because of the whole framework that has been presented to the public."

[We say presented to the publik as a lie!]

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1943601.htm

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