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Submission + - Government Censors Draft Snooping Laws (delimiter.com.au)

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @09:32AM

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."

Submission + - Government Redacts Anti-Piracy Consultation Paper (delimiter.com.au) 1

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Sunday October 16, 2011 @10:39AM

coolstoryhansel writes: So, you might have heard the Australian Attorney-General was considering the implementation of a streamlined process of getting private information about subscribers from ISPs?

Well perhaps not. The Attorney-General's Department have now apparently redacted that document, removing all mention of the controversial proposal, without telling anyone.

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