I was in the city office of the AEC today and discovered that you can obtain some useful details about individuals using the system they have in there for checking electoral enrolment details.
Whilst the online enrolment verification facility requires address details, the one in at the office only requires a surname and/or first name. Voila! Stalkers dream. This explains why some people may have received text messages from me today enrolling them that they a) weren’t enrolled to vote, b) are enrolled at the wrong address, c) are being stalked by me.
I thought they should have at least required a date of birth or something for verification but nope, just a name is all it takes to obtain a full address of any individual enrolled to vote (majority of people aged over 18).