At a media conference announcing the massive police round-up, Morrison demanded the immediate passage of three bills to expand even further the surveillance and other powers of the police and intelligence agencies.
iTWire Wednesday, 09 June 2021 11:33 AFP demonstrates no further powers needed in fight against encryption Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
ANALYSIS The Australian Federal Police appears to have provided the best possible argument for not passing federal bills that seek to enhance its powers, following the provision of details about using existing Australian encryption laws to read the encrypted messages of criminal gangs and take them down.
The AFP
mentioned on Tuesday how it has used the laws passed in December 2018 to decrypt messages which were circulated within an app that had been used in a sting. Known as AN0M, the app was put out into circulation by a known criminal and then picked up by various others in the loop.
I spy with my little eye: another blow to privacy in Australia
A proposed law would make it quicker and easier for a network of nations to exchange surveillance data on people within their countries.
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A new law that would help foreign governments surveil people in Australia has been given the tick of approval from Parliament’s security committee pending a list of proposed changes that would add additional safeguards and beef up oversight.
If passed, the law would make it quicker and easier for a network of nations to exchange telecommunications data obtained via real-time wiretapping, stored communications or records belonging to its citizens and those from foreign nations.
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 Orders Bill pass with 23 changes.
The bill will to establish a new framework under the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, allowing “reciprocal cross-border access to communications data” with the US, UK and other foreign governments.
It is necessary for Australia to enter into future bilateral agreements with the US under the US Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (CLOUD Act), which has been on the cards since October 2019.