"All protections will be made available for public comment before final proposals are put to the government on how the Access Card information is to be collected, verified and stored," Hockey said.

"One option could be for the information to be held on the chip on a separate database chosen by the individual and if necessary we will put in place appropriate protections in relation to this information.

"Professor Fels' task force will be issuing another discussion paper this month that will canvass various issues relating to the registration process. He will be seeking submissions from the public."