Another Great Moment on the Road To Fascism:
The Sydney morning herald reports that a new [a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/official-national-card-due-by-2010/2006/04/26/1145861419456.html"]national ID card[/a] will be issued in Australi:a:
"From 2010 people will not be able to receive government health and welfare payments without a card. People may choose to have other information stored on the card, such as health and emergency contact details which, for example, ambulance officers could use."