The referral
Background to the terms of reference
The current inquiry
Acknowledgement
Note on references
Scope and structure of the report

Why is reform needed?
Support for reform
Law enforcement and national security agencies
Civil liberty and rule of law stakeholders
Approach to reform
Balancing the right to privacy and national interests

An overview of the warrant regime
Telecommunications service warrants and named person warrants
Stored telecommunications warrants
Removing legislative duplication in the warrant regime
A single attribute-based interception regime
How would it work?
Concerns raised in relation to attribute-based interception

An overview of the telecommunications data access regime
What is telecommunications data?
Using telecommunications data
The need to review the threshold for access to telecommunications data
Introduction of oversight for telecommunications data
Should access to 'telecommunications data' require a warrant?
Background
Why is mandatory data retention being proposed?
Scope of the proposed mandatory data retention regime
Is international practice moving away from mandatory data retention?
Alternatives to mandatory data retention
Introduction
Broader reform is required
The need for a definition
Access to telecommunications data
The proposed retention period
A destruction requirement
Oversight
Protection of press freedom
Mandatory data breach notification scheme
Divergent views on '5 Eyes' collaboration

The Reform Agenda
Streamlining the Warrant Regime
Oversight and the Commonwealth Public Interest Monitor
Metadata – Definition
Mandatory Data Retention
Objects Clause
Destruction requirement
Conclusions and Recommendations

Recommendations of the 2013 PJCIS Report with respect to telecommunications interception
Conclusion

Public submissions

Answers to questions on notice
Additional information