[LINK] Centrelink computers to keep tabs on the dead and flying

[Adam Todd]

At 09:29 AM 9/05/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>The system of automatically transferring death notice information 
>>to Centrelink has been tried successfully in a pilot program, the 
>>Minister for Human Services, Chris Ellison, said.
>
>...but who or what agency is being arranged as the prime capture 
>agency.  It strikes me they may have to recruit hospitals, doctors, 
>funeral directors, etc.

Wouldn't you just get the data from Births Deaths and Marriages?

After all, when a person is born or dies (at least in a Hospital or 
in the presence of a medical practitioner) the practitioner has a 
reporting obligation to BDM.

The relatives are left wide open to submit their forms when they 
desire, within certain time frames of course.  But BDMs already has 
tentative data.

No need to collect from Doctors or Hospitals etc.

This is why we had so much hassle registering Delaney when she was 
born two years ago.  We had no medical records (never saw a Doctor, 
never went to a hospital) I delivered her and it was just me and my wife.