[AusNOG] PJCIS submissions on amendments into the interception act out

[Narelle]

On 21 November the Attorney-General, Senator The Hon George Brandis, asked
the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security to inquire
into and report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access)
Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014. Submissions on the Telecommunications
(Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 have been
made public.


Take your pick:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/Data_Retention/Submissions

or shorter link: http://goo.gl/pX97U4

ACCAN's press release is going out tomorrow as the submission wasn't public
by cob (it is now: 120). So check out http://accan.org.au

The Internet Society of Australia (submission no 122) will have its press
release up shortly: http://www.internet.org.au

Why not read some of the press reaction:

ICAC submission:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/icac-says-data-laws-will-fight-crime/6032506



Attorney-General’s submission:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/22/get_real_australias_ag_to_get_a_warrant_activists/



http://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-government-blames-snowden-for-data-retention/



Law Institute of Victoria submission:

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/564497/ditch-data-retention-bill-lawyers-argue/



Comms Alliance/AMTA:

https://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2015/1/22/technology/telcos-rail-against-rushed-metadata-costing



www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/terror/industry-cans-george-brandiss-rushed-metadata-laws/story-fnpdbcmu-1227192582455



Comms Day covered the IPA submission today:
The Institute of Public Affairs, one of the oldest think-tanks in the
country, has warned that the proposed mandatory data retention regime could
lead to further consolidation of the telco sector. In a submission to the
current Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security inquiry,
it suggested that the scheme constitutes a substantial regulatory burden
that is slanted in favour of the larger players.

“This cost will have significant effects on the shape of the
telecommunications industry,” the IPA submission noted. “The cost of
regulatory compliance is not evenly distributed among firms of all sizes.
It will be relatively more expensive for low-budget telecommunications
providers – who do not, and have no business desire to store masses of data
currently – to implement the government’s full data retention scheme.”
etc


best regards


Narelle

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Narelle
narellec at gmail.com
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