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The Parliament has today passed legislation that will ensure our national security agencies continue to have the powers they need to combat current and...

“Poor” warrant recordkeeping threatens operational integrity.

Raids on journalists provoked public alarm and a parliamentary inquiry – all to little effect.

Government continues to give more powers to law enforcement.

by Natalie O’Brien Premium Content Exclusive: A police stuff-up could see hundreds of criminal trials compromised across Australia. In a bombshell admission, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) conceded its covert wire-tap system had lost thousands of calls, which could jeopardise trials for terrorism, organised crime, drug offences, as well as Australias biggest tax fraud cases. The AFP made the stunning revelations in the NSW Supreme Court, noting there...

By Justin Hendry on May 14, 2021 9:51AM But intelligence committee gives in principle support. A parliamentary inquiry has recommended additional safeguards be embedded in a bill that paves the way for a landmark reciprocal data access regime between Australian and US authorities. The bipartisan Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) handed down its report [pdf] this week, recommending that the International Production Order...

ACT Police Found to Have Illegally Accessed Private Location Data an Estimated 1,704 Times An investigation has revealed that the AFP’s community policing arm, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) police, used “covert and intrusive” powers to unlawfully gain personal location information on an estimated 1,704 separate occasions between October 2015 and 2019. The report (pdf) by the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Michael Manthorpe, came after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) self-reported a...

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 contributed to the unlawful accessing of telecommunications data by police.  The report titled “Australian Federal Police’s (AFP) use and administration of telecommunications data powers 2010 to 2020”, identified that the internal procedures at ACT Policing and a cavalier approach to exercising telecommunications data powers resulted in a culture that did not promote compliance with the TIA Act. The investigation was launched in respo...

Senators concerned hacking Bill powers could be used beyond intended scope Parliamentary committee wants to avoid the legislation being used beyond its intention, as was seen with Australias data retention laws. March 11, 2021 -- 06:09 GMT (22:09 PST) | Topic: Security Senators are concerned that they are yet to hear a convincing argument as to why the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) B...

In the media Australian senate endorses news media bargaining code Latest approval takes bargaining code between news media companies and Google and Facebook a step closer to law. Australias controversial and internationally debated News Media Bargaining Code is a step closer to being enacted into legislation following the Senates decision to pass the Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code Bill 2020 .(12 February 2021). More... Government moving in the right direction on Federal...