Australian Government Censors Draft Snooping Laws

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @09:37PM from the all-the-better-to-see-you-with dept.

coolstoryhansel writes "Stating that release of the draft legislation is not in the public interest [PDF] because it would prejudice decision making processes already in train, the Attorney General's Department has denied the release of the draft laws that would see wide-scale dragnet surveillance implemented along with an expansion of law enforcement powers for the purposes of 'national security'. Serkowski, speaking for the Pirate Party who lodged the FOI request labelled the Department response as 'disgraceful and troubling' saying the decision is 'completely trashing any semblance or notion of transparency or participative democratic process of policy development.'"

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This is why we need Wikileaks by FoolishOwl · 2012-10-10 22:16 · Score: 5, Insightful

There can be no democracy if institutions act in secret.
Re:And when passed... by L4t3r4lu5 · 2012-10-10 22:37 · Score: 5, Insightful

You're still not reducing it down as far as it can go.

"This bill is not in the public interest, so we're not allowing the public to see it."

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