I hear your point that people coming and going from Australia can bring in diseases. It needs to be remembered ou can be imunised but still carry a disease. If I come back from China with Asian Flu, by the time I know I have it I potentially could have infected hundreds. Do we stop international travel? There are many diseases that you can (and do) contract from another country that are not on the immunisation register. So, that presents another problem.

For this to work we would need to have mandatory global imunisations! This is a ridiculous notion of mine but theoretically we would need that to cover Australian residents from diseases contracted overseas by travellers and brought back to the country.

Again, I don't believe immunising tiny babies is the answer to this.

I am a conscientious objector as my children are not fully immunised when they begin preschool at 4. I have never been issued with a card. I work in the health system and am unaware of this card. The paper work I talked of earlier is filled out at the doctors surgery and forwarded to Medicare. This is all held as stats etc. The only reason the shools know of our childrens immunisation status is because it is asked when you enroll. The info is then updated when the children are fully immunised. So, I am not sure what your friend was asked for. Perhaps proof of immunisation? I am not sure, this may be a prerequesite in childcare facilities as the risk of contracting illness amongst littlies is much higher.