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<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Communications Access Coordinator</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:CommunicationsAccessCoordinator@ag.gov.au">CommunicationsAccessCoordinator@ag.gov.au</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:40 PM<br>Subject: Attorney-General's Department - Information on the data retention grants programme [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<br>To: <br><br><br>
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I am writing to update you on the progress and timing of the grants programme to distribute up to $128.4 million to industry to assist implementation of the data retention obligations. The Data Retention Implementation Working Group, comprising representatives
from industry and government, will meet in coming weeks to finalise the model for distributing funds to industry participants. Details of the funding model will be made public in November 2015.<br>
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Carriers, carriage service providers and internet service providers undertaking work to meet their obligations may be eligible to apply for a grant. Only providers that have lodged a data retention implementation plan, identifying the work they will undertake
to achieve compliance, will be eligible for a grant. This process will give industry an opportunity to provide the Attorney-General’s Department with more information on its needs. The programme will take account of Recommendation 16 of the Parliamentary Joint
Committee on Intelligence and Security’s Advisory report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014, including providing adequate support for smaller providers.<br>
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Grant programme guidelines will be made available when the programme opens in December. The grants round is expected to close in late January 2016, with the first payments made in the first half of 2016. As you know, while the data retention obligations come
into force on 13 October 2015, the 18 month implementation period means that industry has until 13 April 2017 to transition their systems to full compliance. Further payments will be made at the end of the implementation period.<br>
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I will write to you again when more information becomes available.<br>
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Yours sincerely<br>
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Communications Access Co-ordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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