<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>After the Department Home Affairs sitting on this Bill for over a year and conducting industry consultation they claim is confidential (ie: they have no one who'll go on record supporting the Bill) suddenly it's a priority, and the Minister for Home Affairs writes a wheedling letter to PJCIS to pass the Bill before Christmas.<br><br>The lack of public and industry consultation, the vague and poor drafting, and then a sudden push to pass the Bill in a couple of weeks, rather suggest a deliberate strategy to pass a Bill that's out of all proportion to the need to combat terrorism and serious crime in the context of rising use of encryption.<br><br>Rising use of encryption is hardly news to anyone. After all, a rising tide lifts all boats.<br><br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=a46f0ed4-fc0d-4e95-bbd3-ef8fafe419ab&subId=663130">https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=a46f0ed4-fc0d-4e95-bbd3-ef8fafe419ab&subId=663130</a></div><div><br></div><div><br>Kind regards<br> <br>Paul Wilkins</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 13:56, Paul Wilkins <<a href="mailto:paulwilkins369@gmail.com">paulwilkins369@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i>"In practice, if they balls-up the change request given to the device manufacturer or app/website developer, anything could happen."</i></div><div><br></div><div>Then you recall the obligation under the Telecommunications Act 1997 for carriers to "do their best to protect networks and facilities". No such obligation attaches to the Crown under the powers of the Assistance and Access Bill 2018.<br><br>So, even if in the cases of misfeasance, non feasance, or malfeasance on the part of the Crown or its agents in the implementation of TCNs/TANs/TARs, and their impact on carriers businesses, liability rests, not with the Crown as you might ingenuously assume, but with the carrier who unwittingly acted as directed.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards<br><br>Paul Wilkins</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 25 Nov 2018 at 06:38, Scott Weeks <<a href="mailto:surfer@mauigateway.com" target="_blank">surfer@mauigateway.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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