‘Counter-terrorism’ and Australia’s ‘National Data Retention’ Program: Repeal of Privacy and Personal Freedoms, Media Censorship
‘March 19 should be scratched down in the diary of police state antics, if only because it was one when Australia’s non-service providing politicians decided, fairly broadly, that data retention would be a fine thing indeed. Telecommunication companies will be required by law to keep encrypted information on email, phone calls and text messages to enable access by concerned authorities for up to two years.
In the words of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, speaking during Question Time, “The Australian Federal Police advised me that 90 per cent of counter-terrorism investigations involve the use of metadata, as do some 90 per cent of child abuse investigations.” A touch problematic for the PM, given that he doesn’t actually know the meaning of the term.’
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