Malcolm Roberts of One Nation probed the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher, on the claim that the coming digital ID would not be compulsory. Just in the same way the government claimed that the Covid vaxxes would not be compulsory. He also mentioned that section 74(4) of the Digital ID Bill would allow the Digital ID to be made compulsory if a bureaucrat is “satisfied it is appropriate to do so.” That seems conclusive, as there will always be bureaucrats that will see that it is appropriate to do so. It is the big thing for that mob.
It is also interesting to see the Minister’s response to Senator Roberts’ question, that in the light of a number of hackings in Australia, why the Digital ID will be secure? The hackings: “June, Russian hackers compromised top secret Australian Defence Force data. In July, NDIS participants were exposed in a data breach, and the Department of Home Affairs leaked personal small business information. In August, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs leaked medical data. In September, Australian Federal Police data was hacked.”