[AusNOG] Assistance and Access Bill moves to PJCIS

[Paul Wilkins]

PJCIS have released a unanimous report
<http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/reportjnt/024247/toc_pdf/AdvisoryReportontheTelecommunicationsandOtherLegislationAmendment(AssistanceandAccess)Bill2018.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf>,
recommending Bill be passed with their amendments.

On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 11:15, Jacob Taylor <me at jacobtaylor.id.au> wrote:

> The current Liberal regime (and I would wager also the near-guaranteed
> incoming Labor regime) don’t care about such repercussions though.
>
> Elections are won in swing seats, and swing seats in this country are blue
> collar. What resonates with such seats is the perception of “action”, often
> at the expense of nuance.
>
> This whole shambles is roughly equatable to Sydney’s lockout laws -
> fabricate a moral panic to drum up electoral support for policies that are
> otherwise indefensible. I believe someone earlier in thread earlier linked
> to the Wikipedia page for the Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse?
>
> Just replace “drunkenness and coward punches” with “terrorists and
> criminals”.
>
> - Jake
>
>
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