Friday 19 August 2011

Cybercrime bill has 'serious flaws', says Greens Senator Scott Ludlam | The Australian

GREENS Senator Scott Ludlam has told the Gillard government to fix "serious flaws" in its proposed Cybercrime Bill, which will force ISPs to collect real-time internet traffic data and make it available for police locally and internationally for up to 30 days.

ASIO's overseas powers dramatically expanded - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A pattern established under the Howard government - that of rapidly pushing through laws to enhance the powers of the "national security" agencies - was again repeated by the Labor Government.