<div dir="ltr"><div>You can see how this might play out. Anyone who publishes for a public audience (bloggers and/or pretty much anyone who posts to the internet), will have their privacy respected. Whereas those who publish only to a private audience (email), will have their privacy invaded. This bill just gets more hilarious as the ironies compound.<br><br></div><div>My favourite political quote is from Bismarck, who said "there's two things the public should never see - that's the making of legislation, and the making of sausages".<br><br></div><div><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 March 2015 at 19:42, Nathanael Bettridge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathanael@prodigy.com.au" target="_blank">nathanael@prodigy.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Wilkins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 16 March 2015 17:51<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Abbott concedes journalism warrants to push through Data Retention this week<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Abbott has conceded a warrant process for access to journalists records, so preempting any need for an inquiry into the ramifications of data retention for the media.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If Abbott gets his way, Data Retention will pass the lower house this week.<br>
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<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/metadata-laws-tony-abbott-backs-down-to-labor-demands-for-journalist-protections-20150316-1m0c73.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/metadata-laws-tony-abbott-backs-down-to-labor-demands-for-journalist-protections-20150316-1m0c73.html</a><br>
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