Letters to the Editor || Return of the Australia ID Card coming? || Judy Bamberger

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Updated September 24 2018 - 1:12pm, first published 12:48pm
Letters to the Editor || Return of the Australia ID Card coming? || Judy Bamberger
Letters to the Editor || Return of the Australia ID Card coming? || Judy Bamberger

We could be fined up to $4,200, imprisoned, ejected from airports, banned from flights if we don't show identification when demanded by police if proposed legislation [Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2018] passes.  No warrants; no oversight ...we must provide ID if a "constable or protective service officer ... suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has committed, is committing, or intends to commit an offence [or] considers on reasonable grounds that it is necessary ... to safeguard aviation security."  [Section 3UN (1) (i) and (ii)]

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