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Mandatory data retention passes Australian parliament
Summary: The government and Labor have jointly ensured that the telecommunications data of all Australians will be retained for two years for warrantless access by law-enforcement agencies.
By Josh Taylor | March 26, 2015 -- 07:40 GMT (18:40 AEDT)
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The Australian government has relied on the votes of the Labor opposition to pass legislation on Thursday that will force telecommunications companies to retain customer data for two years for warrantless access by law enforcement.
The legislation -- which will see call records, assigned IP addresses, location information, billing information, and other customer data stored for two years -- passed the Senate on Thursday with the support of Labor senators.
The government and Labor shot down over a dozen amendments from the Greens, and several amendments from crossbench senators including those from David Leyonhjelm, Dio Wang, and Nick Xenophon.
The amendments would have forced the data to be held in Australia, would have required warrants for all accessing of the data, and would have limited the storage to three months -- bringing Australia closer into line with international standards.
Instead, the government agreed to a number of amendments from Labor, including requiring a warrant for accessing the data of a journalist for the purpose of identifying a source. The government will appoint a "public interest advocate" to argue on behalf of journalists -- who won't be aware that their data has been sought by law enforcement.
There was also intended to be an amendment limiting access to the data for the purposes of civil litigation, but Attorney-General George Brandis on Thursday admitted that through third-party access orders and subpoenas, data could be made available through the court for cases such as copyright infringement.
In the end, the Bill was condemned by Leyonhjelm, and Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, but ultimately passed 43 to 16.
The Bill will need to be returned to the House to agree to the amendments, but with a government majority this is a mere formality.
The legislation passed without the Australian public knowing the cost of the scheme to telcos to build systems to store the data, nor how much the government intends to contribute to the set-up.
Earlier in the week, Brandis revealed that the cost per customer per year for the operation of the scheme will be $4, but the cost of building the systems, contained in a confidential PricewaterhouseCoopers report, remains unknown.
Brandis said the government's contribution will be detailed in the Budget in May.
Telecommunications companies will be given 18 months after the legislation is passed into law to get systems in place in order to comply with the legislation.
Armed with a degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Journalism, Josh keeps a close eye on the telecommunications industry, the National Broadband Network, and all the goings on in government IT.
This isn't what a democratic government is for; this is a totalitarian state in action.
Note:
(1) MASS surveillance; and
(2) WARRANTLESS access to data.
The Liberals and the Labor party have sold out every single Australian with this data retention legislation.
Data retention is not only a totalitarian violation of civil liberties; it also exposes all Australians to third-party legal action (based on evidence obtained from data retained by internet service provider Stasi deputies).
Personal data of Australians will not even be retained on Australian soil and there is no provision for regulating the destruction of that data:
WHAT HAPPENS TO DATA THAT IS STORED AFTER THE MANDATORY RETENTION PERIOD?
The new laws do not prescribe any rules for the de-identification or destruction of the retained data after the expiry of the two-year retention period. [Lexology]
Furthermore, Australian taxpayers will foot the bill twice over for the 'privilege' of having their civil liberties pissed trampled on by bent, corporate serving politicians, aiming to maintain an iron grip on the freedom of all Australians, as taxpayers shall pay for:
(a) the undisclosed federal government contribution to this totalitarian surveillance scheme; and
(b) the service provider costs that shall pass onto consumers.
The driving force imposing this totalitarian state in Australia, is the practical alliance between the Liberals and their Labor Party sidekicks.
Imagine what politicians are hiding from the public when they're targeting journalists with surveillance and secret probes into forcibly collected data.
This isn't about national security; this is about control: control of the press and control of the people, by politicians who serve American and corporate interests, without regard for public welfare or standards of acceptable conduct - which is why whistleblowers, and whistleblower publishers such as WikiLeaks, are important.
Just look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership 'free trade' agreement ('TPP') that government has hidden from public view during several years of negotiations. What a rort. They're negotiating away Australia's rights and democracy, and on a course to assign national sovereignty to the very corporations that politicians serve.
It's thanks to WikiLeaks - and NOT these corrupt government actors, who dodge transparency and accountability - that the public has even come to know the contents of the SECRET TPP document. So what does that tell us about the political order in Western democracies, and what does that say about government witch-hunts, criticism and propaganda unleashed at the independent publisher, WikiLeaks, and Julian Assange?
The Lib-Labor Stasi, corporate-serving practical political alliance, is about to sell out Australia by signing up ALL Australian as subjects of the TPP (unregulated trade) agreement, which is a vehicle for corporate management of federal, state and local policies.
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Why is there such a zeal to monitor what people do online?
Labor has joined with the Liberals to push through poorly thought out legislation that violates the principle of prevention of government intrusion (eg state/police intrude only on those suspected of having committed a crime - not intrude upon entire civilian population, as is the case with mass surveillance & retention of data).
Brandt also pointed out that:
Criminals can switch to international web-based servers and won't get caught by data retention bill, but the bulk of the unsuspecting population will (so this legislation does not serve the purpose it purports to serve).
EUROPEAN UNION and NETHERLANDS have opted out of the data retention step, for good reason.
Opens the public up to potential CIVIL LAWSUITS if information subpoenaed (eg media conglomerates / copyright)
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HYPOCRITE LABOR JOINS LIBERALS TO RUSH THROUGH LEGISLATION
Brandt says the public is told that there will be protection for journalists in the Bill and Labor says they'll back up the Liberal government, but no amendment has been circulated in the chamber or made publicly available and the Labor Party is prepared to take the LNP government on faith; but Greens are not. Why should parliament be required to vote on legislation without a chance to properly look through amendments: this is complicated & giving people protections from these kinds of laws is complicated.
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COMMENT
Government intent on giving journalists protections? Got to be kidding. The police state is already violating the liberty of journalists.
I'm shocked.
If journalists are subject to state violation and intimidation, what hope of freedom has the average person got?
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