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Australian Attorney General Pushes Ahead With Gov't Web Snooping

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-can-trust-us dept.

CuteSteveJobs writes "Australian Attorney-General Nicola Roxon now fully backs a controversial plan to capture the online data of all Australians, despite only six weeks ago saying 'the case had yet to be made.' The Tax Office, the Federal Police and the Opposition all support it, with Liberal National Party MP Ross Vasta declaring 'the highest degree of scrutiny and diligence is called for.' With all major parties on board, web monitoring of all Australians appears to be inevitable."

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  1. Information wants to be free by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    One country at a time, the governments are putting in place the function to collect all data so it can be freed by hackers.

  2. Thanks, Australia! by Mordok-DestroyerOfWo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The fiance and I have been considering emigrating for a few years while we're still young enough to be of value to another nation (I'm 31 and she's 24). Looks like you made the decision that much easier. New Zealand is now ahead in the polls.

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    "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
    1. Re:Thanks, Australia! by sdguero · · Score: 3, Interesting

      As an Californian that has spent some time in NZ, I suggest going there for more than a couple weeks before you take the plunge. Things that seem trivial during a 2-3 week vacation (like hardly anything staying open after 8PM, passive aggressive customer service, distaste for Americans, lack of culinary variety, etc) can start to grate on you after a few months. Just my experience...

  3. At least they're doing it in the open by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The US does it but says they aren't. Search for Project Echelon. Welcome to the supposedly-free world.

  4. Re:I find this hard to believe by iplayfast · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can't wait for wikileaks to start posting private info from all the politicans that proposed this bill. ALL YOUR BASE and so on.

  5. Re:I find this hard to believe by Nerdfest · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Two years? Right, like those people with access to this information won't make copies of something useful. ISP data should be treated the same as phone conversations and mail. Why the hell aren't they?

  6. Re:Translation by anomaly256 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You forget that the Australian AG is in the pockets of the MPAA/RIAA who absolutely want this information by any means possible. You forget that the AG office completely own and controls the ratings review board here and makes copyright laws without court oversight.