The New South Wales government and police have begun a major push to have all Australians entered on a national DNA register as a way to fight crime. A national DNA database is a government database of DNA profiles which can be used by law enforcement agencies to identify suspects of crimes. The first government datatabase (NDNAD) was set up by the United Kingdom in April 1995. The second one was set up in New Zealand. France set up the FNAEG in 1998. In the USA, the FBI has organized the CODIS database. Originally intended for sex offenders, they have since been extended to include almost any criminal offender. In England and Wales, anyone arrested on suspicion of a recordable offence must submit a DNA sample, the profile of which is then stored on the DNA database as a permanent record. Such a system, in which the DNA of criminals are databased (or some variation of this), have been around for years in many countries. Yet, many are now calling for national DNA databases that would include the DNA of any and all citizens regardless of whether they have been arrested and convicted of a crime. Portugal, for example, has plans to introduce a DNA database of its entire population. In Denmark, the Danish Newborn Screening Biobank at Statens Serum Institut keeps a blood sample from people born after 1981. The purpose is to test for Phenylketonuria and other diseases. But it is also used for DNA tests to identify diseased and suspected criminals. The potential utility to crime ...