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The new legislation faces significant opposition over privacy concerns and fears it could lead to an Orwellian ‘social credit’ system.
Australia’s House of Representatives has passed the national digital ID bill, embedding the new online identification program into law.
The digital ID aims to replace physical IDs and is linked with government services such as MyGov, Centrelink, Medicare, and the Australian Tax Office (ATO).
The government has allocated $288.1 million (US$197 million) from the federal budget for the program’s rollout. On May 16, the Digital ID Bill 2024 received backing from the Labor government, the Greens, and Teal independents. The bill had already passed the Senate in March.
🚨BREAKING: The Digital ID Bill has passed in both houses of Parliament in Australia. Good thing it'll definitely be "VOLUNTARY" just like the COVID vaccines!pic.twitter.com/V5MLKff0dF
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Live minutes from the lower house showed 87 members of Parliament voting in favour, with 56 members voting against the bill. The legislation was sent to the smaller Federation Chamber for debate a day earlier before returning to the House for the final vote.
During the Chamber debate, Nationals MP Pat Conaghan highlighted the concerns of his electorate regarding the digital ID.
“They have concerns about privacy, government intervention and their freedoms. Just because I’m out the back of the bush in halls and in the corners of pubs doesn’t mean that it’s the tinfoil-hat brigade coming to see me to raise their concerns,” he said.
“These are mums and dads, grandmothers and grandfathers, business owners and farmers. Everyday people out there are coming to talk to me about their concerns…
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