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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Cant they just ask the US government
for a copy from Prism will save us a heap of cash. :) <br>
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Matt.<br>
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On 24/06/13 11:11 AM, Narelle wrote:<br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Narelle Clark, President
ISOC-AU</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:09 AM<br>
Subject: Joint Committee on Intelligence & Security Report
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See:<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm"
target="_blank">http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm</a>
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</span>GEN: Parliamentary committee dodges data retention
decision <br>
<p>JAMES HUTCHINSON</p>
<p>A long-awaited decision on whether the federal government
should implement a mandatory data retention regime has
been sidelined by a
parliamentary committee tasked to look at the contentious
matter.</p>
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<p>The joint intelligence and security committee, which was
tasked by former Attorney-general Nicola Roxon in May last
year to consider
security reform, said that whether a regime should be put
in place was
“ultimately a decision for government”.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The regime was one of 44 proposals put forward by the
Attorney-General’s Department and security agencies last
year as the committee
looked at whether to reform national security legislation.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If put in place, it would force telecommunications
companies like Telstra to hold metadata like phone call
records and IP
addresses on Australians for up to two years.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Federal, state and local government agencies accessed
metadata more than 300,000 times during the last financial
year, but agencies
have argued that this type of information is increasingly
unavailable.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The proposal attracted the ire of civil liberties groups
and the Greens, which argued that the warrantless system
infringed on the
privacy of Australian citizens.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Though the committee did not make a decision on the
matter, it urged the government to publish draft
legislation on the proposal
that would ensure that security agencies are unable to
access the actual
content of communications without a warrant.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>It also said any legislation should ban agency access to
internet browsing data like website addresses, and that
the government should
reimburse telecommunications companies for the cost of
establishing such a
system; a key sticking point for companies like iiNet.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>More to come</p>
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from:<br>
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href="http://www.afr.com/p/technology/parliamentary_committee_dodges_data_FuIjuqFrH5NvYp7Rv77xpK"
target="_blank">http://www.afr.com/p/technology/parliamentary_committee_dodges_data_FuIjuqFrH5NvYp7Rv77xpK</a></p>
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Narelle Clark<br>
President<br>
Internet Society of Australia<br>
ph: 0412 297 043<br>
int ph: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:%2B61%20412%20297%20043"
value="+61412297043" target="_blank">+61 412 297
043</a><br>
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href="mailto:president@isoc-au.org.au"
target="_blank">president@isoc-au.org.au</a><br>
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The Internet is for Everyone!<br>
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