And now for some new ammunition for the PJCIS - they've just opened the review of the Data Retention program.
Submissions are due 1st July so we can put in a thoughtful submissions - note this will probably survive the election period and continue on the other side, so worth considering carefully no matter who has the hotseats later. With a few years of practical experience under our belts, there must be some suggestions and lessons-learnt that you'd like to see changed - this is the forum for making that happen, as much as anything. A reminder, Internet Australia has the ISP-SIG mailing list we used earlier to coordinate responses and workshops through the first iteration of Data Retention. Not to detract from AusNOG discussion of course, but ISP-SIG is deliberately just ISPs and no media, which enabled us to have more traction with the Department and bureaucrats for material that wasn't ready for the wider public. If you want to be added to that list, please email me. Regards, Paul. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: PJCIS: REVIEW OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS) ACT 2018, INVITATION TO MAKE A SUBMISSION Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 02:57:27 +0000 From: Committee, PJCIS (REPS) <pj...@aph.gov.au> *PARLIAMENTARY JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY* *Review of the amendments made by the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018* *INVITATION TO MAKE A SUBMISSION* The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has commenced a review of the amendments made to Commonwealth legislation by the /Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018./ <https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2018A00148>On behalf of the Committee I am writing to invite you to make a submission to the Committee’s review. The /Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018/ (commonly known as the Assistance and Access Act) amended a range of Commonwealth legislation to empower law enforcement and national security agencies to request, or compel, assistance from telecommunications providers. It also established powers which enable law enforcement and intelligence agencies to obtain warrants to access data and devices, and amended the search warrant framework under the Crimes Act and the Customs Act to expand the ability of criminal law enforcement agencies to collect evidence from electronic devices. Section 187N of the /Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 /provides for the review and requires the Committee to report by 13 April 2020.Terms of reference are available _here_ <https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/AmendmentsTOLAAct2018/Terms_of_Reference>. The Committee has resolved to focus on the following aspects of the legislation: * the threshold, scope and proportionality of powers provided for by the Act; * authorisation processes and decision-making criteria; * the scope of enforcement provisions and the grant of immunities; * interaction with intelligence agencies other powers; * interaction with foreign laws, including the United States’ /Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act/; * impact on industry and competitiveness; and * reporting obligations and oversight measures. */Previous and concurrent reviews of Act/* This review will build on the findings of a review currently being conducted by the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor and two previous Committee reviews. On 26 March 2019 the Committee requested that the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor commence a review of operation, effectiveness and implementation of amendments made by the /Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 /focussed on the whether the Act: * contains appropriate safeguards for protecting the rights of individuals; * remains proportionate to any threat of terrorism or threat to national security, or both; and * remains necessary. The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor is due to report by 1 March 2020, to enable any findings to inform the Committee’s review. Additional information about the review is available on the _Independent National Security Legislation Monitor website_ <https://www.inslm.gov.au/current-review-work>. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security tabled an /Advisory Report on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 / <https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/TelcoAmendmentBill2018/Report_1>on 5 December 2018 and a report on a/ //_Review of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018_/ <https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/ReviewofTOLAAct/Report>/ /on 3 April 2019. */Making a submission/* The Committee invites written submissions addressing any or all of the areas of focus for the Committee’s inquiry. Submissions should clearly identify which areas of focus are being addressed. Prospective submitters are advised that any submission to the Committee’s inquiry must be prepared solely for the inquiry and should not be published prior to being accepted by the Committee. 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