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    Australia Greens propose debate - Australia should withdraw all troops from Afghanistan: ALP and LIberals ban debate, in 30 to 6 vote

     2 Feb 2010, Senator Bob Brown, Leader, Australian Greens, moved a Senate motion for debate on the involvement and deployment of Australian troops in Afghanistan. The motion for debate was voted out by the Labor and Liberal. (Full Article)


    Australian Agencies keep all personal and business records trawled, for ever and ever

     Senator Ludlam, 2 Feb 2010 the Australian Law Reform Commission had objected to the Attorney-General’s case that it was impossible to destroy all records of data trawled  - as planned  - under the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 (Full Article)


    Intent: Australia Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, not for curiosity or malice; but - ‘protection of the network’

     Senator Ludlam, 2 Feb 2010, the  Attorney-General claims that network protection duties vary for each network and therefore cannot be defined. Ludlam argued as “the purpose of this bill is to define network protection duties and give them effect, ..we believe ...parameters should be set”. . One of these was to define “network protection duties to remove any remaining ambiguity”. (Full Article)


    Extension of Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 makes temporary Australian “terrorism” law, permanent

     In Dec 2009 the he Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act, ran out, and now the Office of the Attorney General makes it a fixed part of Australian secret police practice -  to allow interception, copying, recording and disclosure of all electronic communications of all persons for “disciplinary action” purpose. (Full Article)


    Australian Network managers and ISPs act as government and corporate spies in Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 approach

     The government idea for network managers and ISPs to act as government spies -  empowered by the  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 was revealed as illegal. (Full Article)


    Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 allows Australia agencies and corporations to self regulate spy-plans

     The theory was the Bill was to protect data and infrastructure from disruption or malicious access by a criminal element. (Full Article)


    Australian Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 empowers vague, invasive “network protection duties”

     Concerns about the possible abuse of the term ‘network protection duties’, were on the mind of Senator Xenophon (South Australia), who wanted separation of: (Full Article)


    Australian network administrators, ISPs told - if Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendments Bill ambiguous; call author, Attorney-General

     Parliament did not take the advice of the Privacy Commissioner or the Law Council to clarify terms in a bill which extended intrusive powers of governments and corporation into private communications and computers. (Full Article)


    Australian Labor and and Liberal Senators united in votes for extended and more intrusive secret police powers

     Labor and Liberals joined forces to oppose amendments by the Greens and independents. (Full Article)




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