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Human rights activists have pushed for a new online surveillance bill to be culled, saying it s a draconian and extreme infringement on people s right to privacy.
Bill Rowlings, CEO of rights group Civil Liberties Australia, has called for the proposed Surveillance Legislation Amendment Identify and Disrupt Bill 2020 to be abandoned. These are particularly draconian and particularly bad, so my message would be to throw these out, start again and get some proper consultation from the beginning, he told SBS News. They are draconian, right wing, extreme, they are removing civil liberties and human rights from Australians.
Kieran Pender from the Human Rights Law centre presents a statement to a parliamentary committee.
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.