In Australia you can't activate a SIM card without registering your government ID with the provider. Similar with prepaid credit cards if memory serves. Flips

In Australia you can't activate a SIM card without registering your government ID with the provider. Similar with prepaid credit cards if memory serves. Flipside would be: don't use a burner phone/SIM to call 911 - or at least have an alternative method of verifying location / address.