Bazz Terrorists are not going to email something like that it would be put on facebook or something like that, there are hundreds of millions of files uploaded to sites each day, mission impossible.

"If so why the legislation request ?" Control of people.

Politicians do not come up with the new laws except in very few cases, laws and regulations come from bureaucrats politicians are their instrument of implementation.

If they really wanted to stop things not entirely but to a large extent they could, simply put MONEY the banks are the way of putting the breaks on terrorists, corruption, etc.

Dear Philip,

I did not understand your suggestion about how money could be used to stop terrorism.

Of course, that is "If they really wanted to stop things", but they don't: both governments and the media gain from terrorism - it gives them a job! The proposed legislation would give them even more white-collar jobs.

Had governments and the media stopped to respond to and report terrorism, terrorists would no longer have anything to gain, so they would stop - killing a few people at random, in itself would not forward any of their goals: they are after terror, but without the reaction there won't be any.

Yuyutsu I should have worded it a bit better.

The banks help facilitate terrorism, corruption etc by allowing the transferring of funds, usually on a weekly bases there are stories even in MSM of banks involved in money laundering etc.

That is probably the only place to stem the flow of money from and to terrorists, corrupt officials and other crimes.

This has not happened in my opinion because there is too much money being made by people in high places and positions.

Would you agree or not?

Dear Philip,

I don't know enough in order to agree or not whether anti-laundering measures can be effective.

What I do know, is that they are a burden on ordinary innocent people.

If anything, it should not be the banks to decide and we should never need to tell our bank manager about our private reasons for transferring money. Also, banks often use "anti-laundering" as an excuse to keep our money longer.

Perhaps when we make an international transfer, we should get an electronic ticket that is independent of the bank, then the bank must immediately transfer the money to some clearing house, then IF we need to justify the transfer, we fill all the necessary details online, directly against some money-laundering authority without the bank's involvement and assuming there are no suspicious circumstances, approval should normally be immediate.

Silly Govt policies aid terrorism also.

This story to me adds to the government want to control people, use your phone as a license hand it to police and immediately they have it they did not have to ask you for your password, very sneaky.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/carrying-drivers-licence-soon-phased-112311501.html

Drivers in Sydney’s eastern suburbs are now able to sign up for a digital driver’s licence.

The technology is still being trialled, but if it’s successful your smart phone may soon be all you need to prove your identity.

“Smart phones have already become the de facto wallet,” Minister for Finance, Services and Property Victor Dominello said.

“You can already put movie tickets on them, do shopping on them, do banking on them.”

Now, you can use them as ID when asked by police or to gain entry into a licensed venue.

NSW Acting Superintendent Sam Crisafulli said it may also see a reduction in fraud and stolen mail.

A digital version is hard to fake because it contains animated logos and requires a PIN.

Drivers in the eastern suburbs can take part in the trial through a Service NSW online account.

The area has been chosen for the trial because it has hundreds of clubs, pubs and restaurants, as well as 140,000 licence holders.

“The people in the eastern suburbs are very connected, very tech-savvy,” Coogee MP Bruce Notley-Smith said.

“And I think they’d appreciate having a go at this.”

A similar pilot in Dubbo had an 83 per cent satisfaction rating.

The trial is open to drivers, learners and P-platers, but motorists are being urged to hang on to their plastic licence during the trial period.

If successful, any future roll-out will be “opt in” only.