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= Acceptable Documents in Australia =

== Primary Documents ==

 * Passport,
   * see http://www.dfat.gov.au/dept/passports/
   * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_passport
 * Driver Licence
 * Firearm Licence

=== Contenders ===

 * Security Licence
 * police, ADF, employee federal & state identity card
 * air crew / seafarer card

pending examination

=== Driver Licence Security Features ===

Information below is collected from multiple documents, no promise of accuracy.

|| State || Holograms || Watermarks || Photo || Age 1 || Age 2 || Comments ||
|| ACT || 6 of CoA ||  Center: Bluebell watermark (large blue flower);  under words Date of Birth: Bluebell watermark (small light flower); top of card: fine, light rmp in 3 lines: ''AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY'' || left bottom, vertical, running upwards, Unique licence number ||<bgcolor="green"> Green L 15.9 ||<bgcolor="red">  Red P 17 || [[http://www.rego.act.gov.au/licensing/licencemain.htm|info]] [[http://www.rego.act.gov.au/assets/ACT%20licence%20type%20information%20sheet.pdf|Licence Type Information Sheet]] {{attachment:au-ACT-full-gold-driver-licence-2010.png}}  ||
|| NSW || f&b: repeating CoA; outline of NSW; ''New South Wales'' microprinting forward & reverse || f&b UV: CoA || unique card number (top) Name (bottom) with ''New South Wales'' rmp ||<bgcolor="green"> Green L 16 ||<bgcolor="red">  Red P 17 || ||
|| NT || Silhouette of Australia with NT highlighted || 4 corners: CoA; left of center: large Sturt's Desert Rose (large pink+purple flower) || ||<bgcolor="brown"> Ochre L 16 P 16.6 ||<bgcolor="grey"> Gray ''lock'' 16.6 || {{http://blog.martinbaart.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nt_drivers_license-300x181.jpg}} [[http://blog.martinbaart.de/2009/05/26/nt-driver-license/|Martin's blog]] ||
|| Q || (none) || CoA gold repeated down right side || top ''DIRECTOR-GENERAL'' and ''DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT''; right side vertical: security number |||| /!\ no class/age colour coding in old licence || /!\ QLD issues old laminate form enclosed in plastic; ''Nota bene'': smartcard licence shown below is '''not in service''' yet, '''due from [[http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Licensing/Queensland-new-cards/Products.aspx|end-2010]]'''; {{attachment:au-QLD-full-gold-driver-licence-NEW.jpg}}  ||
|| SA || Piping Shrike (bird) repeating; DOE small circle bottom left || criss-cross wavy lines with Piping Shrike, repeating || includes holograms ||<bgcolor="yellow"> yellow L 16 ||<bgcolor="red"> Red P 16.9 || ||
|| Tas || repeating CoA || center: bluegum (flower); wavy ''Tasmania Australia'' faint rmp diagonal || ||<bgcolor="green"> Green L 16 ||<bgcolor="red"> Red P 17 ||  ||
|| Vic || Inverted triangle with 5 stars, repeated  || swirled lines; left-center Common Heath (flower) || ||<bgcolor="green"> Green L 16 ||<bgcolor="yellow"> Yellow L 16 || (Probationary Red is 18) {{attachment:au-VIC-full-blue-driver-licence-2009-sample.jpg}} ||
|| WA || repeating CoA || repeating kangaroos;  single UV kangaroo top right? || ||<bgcolor="hotpink"> also Magenta 17 "heavy" ||<bgcolor="blue"> P 17 || note that Learners is not a photo-ID in WA; {{attachment:au-WA-full-blue-driver-licence-2001-sample.jpg}} ||

 * Source:
   * ''"Australian iD checking guide"'' 5th Ed. October 2009
   * Publisher: [[http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/|NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing]];
   * ISBN 978-0-9757638-3-4
   * OLGR sells the iD guide in [[http://www.olgr.nsw.gov.au/signs_guide.asp|a kit with a UV lamp]] ($10 each kit).
   * iD guide also covers PoA cards.
 * Nota bene:  pictures above are not checked, only ACT image came from government source.
 * CoA == Coat of Arms of that State.
 * colours typically indicate the classes with a coloured band across top:
   * Red is typically (P) Probation/provisonal
   * Green or Yellow is typically (L) Learners.
 * f&b == front & back
 * DOE == Diffractive Optical Element
 * rmp == repeated microprinting

== Secondary Documents ==

 * Birth Certificate (Name + DoB)
 * Medicare Card (Name)
 * Health Care Card (?)
 * Centerlink / DVA
 * Tertiary Education Card
 * Change of Name certificate

== Unacceptable Documents ==

 * Library Card
 * Private Health Care Card

== Document Statistics ==

Australian government has formed an Identity working group for government agencies called National Identity Security Strategy or NISS.  Following pix extracted from ANAO Performance Audit Report over NISS ([[http://www.anao.gov.au/uploads/documents/2009-2010_Audit_Report_29.pdf|ANAO No.29 2009-10]], pages 25, 26).  These are indicative of the situation in Australia, and do not imply either CAcert or government endorsement for any purpose.

The overall situation in Australia can be seen as this:

{{attachment:au-poi-examples2-anao29-niss.png}}

In popular business usage, these are the most available documents:

{{attachment:au-poi-popular-anao29-niss.png}}

To put the above in context, Australia's estimated resident population was 22 million, end-June-09 ([[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/3218.0~2008-09~Main+Features~Main+Features?OpenDocument|ABS estimate]]).

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