Census paranoia

The Australian Taxation Office only knows my name, my birthday and age, my address, my income, my email address, the names of any people who pay me wages, my bank account details, my superannuation fund (and how much gets paid into each it year), my marital status, which charities I donate money to, my business expenses and my fixed IP address because I lodge my tax return online.

Centrelink only knows my name, my birthday and age, my address, my email address, my income, my mobile phone number, any employer who pays me money and how much, the value of my car and furniture, how much rent I pay and to whom (information almost assuredly shared with the ATO to make sure the landlord is declaring all income), my marital status, my bank account details and any disabilities that I might have. I know that they share data with the ATO because I had to clear up a discrepancy between the two departments' records a couple of years ago.

The Health Department only knows my name, my address, my age, which doctors and hospitals I use, what treatments I receive, what prescriptions are issued to me, my vaccination status and which pathology tests I have done. Someone also maintains the database that checks that I don't buy too much pseudoephedrine.

The Australian Electoral Commission knows my name, my address and where I voted in the last election. As I have worked as an election official, the AEC also knows my mobile phone number, my email address, my bank account details, my tax file number and my superannuation fund.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics only knows my name, my address, my telephone number, my email address and my tax file number and bank and superannuation accounts because I worked on a census.

The NBN people only know my name, my address (because someone had to come out to connect the wires), my Internet supplier and how much and how fast I can use data.

The RMS only knows my name, my address, my birthday, my driver's licence number, the make, model and colour of my two cars, where I go to and from using toll roads, my bank account details (so they can top up the credit on my toll transponder), what my face looks like, how many demerit points I have accrued on my licence and my age (so that I get a discount on registration and licence fees).

The Health Department only knows my name, my address, my Medicare number, details about hospital treatments, my Centrelink number (for bulk billing) and my mobile phone number so that hospitals can ring me to confirm appointments.

The transport people only know my name, my address, my age, my telephone number, my Opal card number (so they can track everywhere I go), my bank account (so they can top up the Opal credit) and my Centrelink number (so they can give me the correct discount on country travel).

The NSW Electoral Commission knows the same thing as the federal AEC because I've worked at both state and council elections.

TAFE only know my name, my address, my email address, my telephone number, my academic qualifications, my bank and superannuation accounts and my tax file number (because I worked there).

The police only have access to my name, address, demerit points, and licence and car registration status through terminals installed in their cars.

National Parks and Wildlife only know my name, my address, my car registration and my qualifications for free park entry.

The Rural Fire Service only knows my name, my address, my email address, my mobile phone number, that I am a journalist and what my face looks like (because it's on my media accreditation card).