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My 2009 AU passport did have the e-passport symbol but not the hard plastic page, and once they opened up the use of those to non-EU/GB passport holders it worked fine. AFAIK the hard plastic is an innovation because in the old ones, the chip got bent and damaged way too often.
 
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