On 28/3/19 12:33 pm, Paul Wilkins wrote:
The silence on the Assistance and Access Act since it passed in
December has been deafening. It was firmly understood, on
representations by the Liberal Government, that the bill passed was
passed as an expedient, yet now we have the third report from PJCIS
due 3rd April, and yet another round of submissions from corporations
large and small, industry luminaries and human rights and legal
experts, all saying that basically we're where we were back in
September 2018, when Dutton rather disingenuously reported to the
House that:
"The government has consulted extensively with industry and the public
on these measures and has made amendments to reflect the feedback in
the legislation now before the parliament."
Yet no matter how many submissions are made to how many parliamentary
committees, we now seem stuck with a deeply flawed Act, the Liberals
are walking backwards on the Labor amendements, while the country's
police forces now operate with sweeping interception powers well
beyond what's necessary and proportional.
Because, of course we are - anyone who thought we'd be anywhere else
today was living in a fantasy land. And you can thank Labor for this,
on account of being completely spineless weasels, almost as much as the
Libs for ramrodding this disgusting mess through in the first place.
Tech policy in this country is an absolute joke.
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