Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013
Information about the Inquiry
On 20 June 2013 the Senate referred the Telecommunications Amendment (Get a Warrant) Bill 2013 for inquiry and report.
Due to the prorogation of the 43rd Parliament and the dissolution of the House of Representatives on 5 August 2013, the Committee has determined not to continue this inquiry. If the Bill is reintroduced in the new parliament, the Senate can again refer it to the Committee for inquiry and report.
The Bill seeks to amend the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to require standard warrant authorisation procedures for law enforcement and intelligence agencies that wish to access telecommunications data.
Submissions should be received by 31 July 2013. The reporting date is 31 October 2013.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3560 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5794 or by email to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia