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Re:Australia gov wants telco Optus to pay for new passports ... by jackvalentine on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:58PM (#33015130)
You are correct, but I’m pretty sure for prepaid services under a low threshold (4 SIMs?) a bank card is sufficient.

That doesn’t stop these companies just going for the big ID though, and for postpaid they are offering credit and will definitely require 100 points of ID.

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Re:Australia gov wants telco Optus to pay for new passports ... by tmnvix on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:52PM (#33015790)
That's news to me. I've purchased two prepaid sims in Australia within the past ten years and each time a passport or driver's licence was required.
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Re:Australia gov wants telco Optus to pay for new passports ... by jackvalentine on Thursday September 29, 2022 @12:42AM (#33016454)
Actual law is here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L00399/Html/Text... and you can see what Amaysim requires here: https://www.amaysim.com.au/help/mobile/getting-started/accep...

The ACMA determination is pretty hard to parse unfortunately.

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