120,000 Sign Petition Against Impending National Digital ID

Published on March 26, 2024

A senator will write to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning that the impending National Digital ID laws will open the floodgates for even more control over individual data. Liberal Party Senator Alex Antic has garnered 123,000 signatures in an online petition opposing the new legislation ahead of its debate in the Senate. The Digital ID Bill 2023 (pdf) is up for debate on March 27, according to a Senate document (pdf). “On Wednesday, the Senate is set to debate the Albanese government’s Digital ID Bill and this is a bill I have been talking about for a long period of time,” Mr. Antic said in a video posted online....