I too am airside overseas with an asic card and heavy vehicle drivers licence issued in NSW. Have a guess which card every one is accepting, you guessed it they have no idea what to do with an asic card,or even what it is.They take all my details from my drivers licence(which actually does have information about me on it!!!!!)
My asic card now resides in my brief case at the hotel, while my drivers licence is now in my asic card holder!!!!!!
Right or wrong the asic card is not working and we already have that much ID required today it is just another case of beaurocracy gone mad, what with Passport, drivers licence, boat licence, pilots licence,Asic, work cover machinery licence, nurseing licence etc etc etc. Just replace it with one card for everything, just imagine one set of checks, one form to fill out etc etc etc, anyway I think you get my drift.
I WOULD MUCH PREFERRE TO FILL OUT ONE FORM EVERY FIVE YEARS AND NOT FIVE FORMS EVERY YEAR.