Senators concerned hacking Bill powers could be used beyond intended scope
Parliamentary committee wants to avoid the legislation being used beyond its intention, as was seen with Australia s data retention laws.
March 11, 2021 06:09 GMT (22:09 PST) | Topic: Security
Senators are concerned that they are yet to hear a convincing argument as to why the
Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 has omitted definitions for the categories of offences it would be used for by two of Australia s law enforcement bodies.
The Bill, if passed, would hand the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) three new computer warrants for dealing with online crime.