Australia: ID card on the table again

"Back in the mid-1980s, when the idea of an Australia Card was first raised by the Hawke Government, it was John Howard who campaigned vigorously against it ... But times have changed. "
Source: ABC Oz

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No national ID card: Ruddock Daily Telegraph, Australia - Jun 28, 2005

God Under Howard