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

First 9 of 9 paragraphs shown 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.
All powerful: Clarification of the terms of the bill was voted down by the ALP and LIberals in Parliament and the advice was, if a network administrator - obliged to obey the law - did not understand the obligations - then the advice was to call author of the bill - the Attorney-General, for interpretation.
Cooperation on spookery but not carbon: That was the government and Liberals advice as joined forces in the Senate and rejected requests for clarification in law.
Who you gonna call? Government wanted the law kept vague. Senator Ludwig, Queensland Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary said. If network managers or other did not like it, they should call the author, the Attorney-General for interpretation of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009.
Woolly zone on Big Brother powers: ALP and Liberals joined forces to refuse Greens amendments to bettter-define vague terms in the bill and protect citizens from extended privacy invasion by secret police, Ludwig said if network managers did not like it, they should call the author, the Attorney-General for interpretation of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 .
Aaahh had a dream: Ludwig argued “...The passage of this bill will help secure sensitive information from criminal access, protecting Australians from criminal activity and ensuring the integrity of vital infrastructure”.
Invasion of privacy now a normal affair: The Bill would empower “...activities designed to protect a computer network without breaching the.. Act.”
Review after five years: The majority of the legal and constitutional affairs committee has recommended that the bill be passed and that the provisions be reviewed five years after their commencement.
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