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14 Jun 2007
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications (the Blunn Report), the bill amends the
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to: access to telecommunications data for national security and law enforcement purposes; and makes consequential amendments to five other Acts.
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17 Nov 2004
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to exclude access to stored communications from the current prohibition against interception of communications.
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27 May 2004
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to exclude access to stored communications from the current prohibition against interception of communications.
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19 Feb 2004
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
to: extend the availability of telecommunications interception warrants to additional serious offences; extend the protections of the Act in relation to text-based communications; facilitate the recording of calls to publicly-listed Australian Security Intelligence Organisation numbers; and clarify the application of the Act to delayed access message services. Also contains a transitional provision.
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12 Mar 2002
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
in relation to: application of the Act to telecommunications services such as e-mail, SMS messaging and voicemail; interception in relation to terrorism, serious arson and child pornography offences; use of lawfully intercepted information in connection with dismissal of an officer; the Anti-Corruption Commission of Western Australia, and the Western Australian Royal Commission into Police Corruption; operation of certain warrants authorising entry onto premises; merger of the Queensland Crime Commission and Criminal Justice Commission into the Crime and Misconduct Commission; and technical corrections; and Customs Act 1901
to enable Federal Magistrates to be nominated to be judges for the purposes of issuing listening device warrants.
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16 Feb 2000
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Attorney-General portfolio
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31 Aug 1999
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House of Representatives
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02 Nov 2011
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House of Representatives
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill imposes a levy on telecommunications carriers or carriage service providers if the carriers or providers have a levy amount for an eligible levy period.
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02 Nov 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Part of a package of three bills to support the transition to the national broadband network, the bill: establishes the Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency (TUSMA) as a statutory agency to implement and administer the service agreements or grants that deliver universal service and other public policy telecommunications outcomes; sets out the agency’s corporate governance structure and reporting and accountability requirements; provides for the minister, by legislative instrument, to make standards, rules or benchmarks for TUSMA contracts and grants; and provides for the Universal Service Obligation and National Relay Service industry levy regimes to be consolidated into a single regime to provide TUSMA funding.
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23 Mar 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the
Telecommunications Act 1997
to require developers to install fibre-ready infrastructure in new developments and ensure that any fixed line facilities installed in a development must be fibre-ready.
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