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

[Adam Todd]

Lea, Marghanita and Bernard are on the mark.

The CSA does the job of handling money for Child Support arrangements 
and chasing delinquent payers.  The data is within the same 
environment as Centrelink in order to ensure that proper payments are 
made and the correct people are chased.

CSA also gets data from the Tax Office, and gives data to the Tax 
office pursuant to the Data Mining Act (sorry I mean the 
<http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/dpata1990349>DATA-MATCHING 
PROGRAM (ASSISTANCE AND TAX) ACT 1990 )

There is no privacy protection under that act, data is freely 
exchanged between agencies.

In NSW (and other states, but I'm more familiar with NSW) all 
Government Agencies operate under the Information Interchange 
Guidelines, which is like an approved quasi law enabling nearly all 
State Agencies to exchange your personal details and any records they 
hold within, to any other agency at any time.

It's nearly always used inappropriately however most people don't 
know and the few that do have never contested it legally, except me, 
I'm starting to add it to a current Supreme Court proceeding which is 
headed to the Court of Appeal.

What is also important to note is that anonymous people who call 
government agencies to "offer" information, results in records being 
created about you in those agencies that read like "facts" rather 
than "informations" or "notifications."

Be very careful about this because in court, these things are 
tendered as FACTS OF EVIDENCE rather than "someone called and 
suggested this might be true" and it's up to you to PROVE that the 
information is not true.

It's very hard to do because you can't call the anonymous (or even 
known party) as they are protected by the Acts that form the Agencies 
from prosecution, suit, being called as witnesses and even having to 
affirm, swear or verify that the information they gave is true.

This same protocol is currently being added to the Terrorism laws in 
Australia, hence someone need only make a suggestion and you are 
guilty till you prove otherwise.  Something I feel no doubt will be 
hard to do from an A Security cell where you have no contact with any 
human being except through a glass panel, and no access to telephone, 
Internet, books, or anything else.

Forget Guantanamo Bay!


At 08:52 AM 10/05/2007, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>
>>I think the Child Support Agency is a different mob to Centrelink 
>>and are not welfare.
>
>The Child Support Agency is part of the Department of Human Services 
>(as are Centrelink and Medicare)
>
>http://www.csa.gov.au/
>
>All three are part of the Access Card project.
>
>All three have also just implemented a single sign on website - myaccount.
>
><quote>
>The Department of Human Services (DHS) has released a new website, 
>myaccount, to make it easier to access social and health related 
>services online.
></quote>
>
>see http://myaccount.humanservices.gov.au/wps/portal/
>
>--
>
>Regards
>brd
>
>Bernard Robertson-Dunn
>Sydney Australia
>brd at iimetro.com.au
>
>
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