“This post needs to go viral – NOW! So, as you might have heard, Australia’s controversial Digital ID bill was recently passed in Federal Parliament. And no, this isn’t about logging into Medicare “more easily.” This is the wet dream of every power-drunk bureaucrat who’s ever fantasised about tracking what you eat, watch, spend, say – and even think. Labor rammed it through with help from the Greens and Jacqui Lambie, while the likes of Pauline Hanson, Malcolm Roberts, Matthew Canavan, Ralph Babet, Alex Antic and Gerard Rennick strongly opposed it. Experts lined up to say it was dangerous. Legal groups shredded it. Privacy advocates screamed. The public wasn’t consulted. But they damn well passed it anyway. This bill is not about “protecting your identity” – it’s about owning it. Without a digital ID, you will eventually have no access to a bank account, cash, Centrelink, MyGov, flights, fuel, medication, voting in elections, and even receiving parcels in the mail. And you can kiss goodbye to ever renting a home, owning a car, using social media, shopping online, accessing the internet at all, having a phone number, and buying groceries. They say it’s “voluntary” – just like MyGov was “optional” until 10 million Aussies were forced into it just to access basic services. Just like the COVID-19 vaccine was “optional” until those who resisted found themselves locked out of society for months for not being up-to-date with their boosters. It’s coercion and blackmail with a friendly smile. And now that this thing’s been jammed through Parliament, the tech giants are lining up like pigs at a data trough. They’ve already got your search history, your online purchases, your late-night Instagram habits, and every whispered “Hey Siri” or “OK Google.” Now they get to attach all of that to your real name, address, and government-approved ID. That “anonymous data” you thought was floating harmlessly in the cloud? Not anymore. Your Woolies reward card is now part of your permanent “consumer profile.” Your YouTube comments? Traceable. That shady dating app you thought was private? Good luck with that when your real ID is stitched to everything you do online. Privacy’s gone, and it’s not coming back. And let's not pretend this data won't be regularly hacked, leaked, or sold to the highest bidder. And when the system inevitably fails? One blackout, one outage, one “oops” from some contractor, and you’re digitally locked out of your own life, while some AI bot in a call centre tells you to try turning it off and on again. The committee that was supposed to scrutinise this bill was a total joke. They ignored almost every expert submission, skipped past glaring privacy failures, human rights concerns, and technical red flags, and still gave it the green light. It wasn’t an inquiry – it was a rubber stamp for the surveillance state controlled by foreign nations. Every politician who voted for this has just helped build the scaffolding for digital tyranny. This is the infrastructure for a fully centralised, always-on tracking system. They’ll say it’s for your safety. They’ll say it’s about efficiency. What they mean is: now they know who you are, where you are, what you’re saying, who you’re saying it to, and how to shut you up when you speak too much truth. This isn’t progress – it’s control, plain and simple. What we’re seeing isn’t some harmless upgrade – it’s China-style social credit wrapped in an Aussie flag, and you can bet the CCP is watching on proudly, noticing how we've finally caught up. #GaryJMatthews