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The Newspaper Shop -- Tuesday edition
Big brother eyes students
A national ID number for students and a new computer system to track them has been compared with the failed Australia card bid in the 1980s. It has also raised the issue of privacy and how much access government should have to personal information on students. But Education Minister Brendan Nelson said privacy would be protected with the "full force of the law". He said the new system was to make the transfer of data and financial information between the commonwealth and universities more efficient and to track student loans and entitlements. The Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee has warned that universities will be reluctant to give out personal information on students.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6466302^16123^^nbv^,00.html
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was right against that Australia card business...crap idea just like this one...
they only just delt the students a pretty hard blow by allowing the deregulation of the uni fee system..now this ffs
