Before Joe Hockey’s access card project spectacularly blew up he was able to convince Cabinet colleagues with a promise to deliver the Howard government its services white whale.
Cabinet documents, unsealed this month after a 20 year wait, show how the then services minister presented the shift to “smart cards” as a fraud busting, ‘tell us once’ nirvana that could also help control welfare recipients and refugees.
The so-called access …
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