24 March 2015
© Commonwealth of Australia 2015 ISBN 978-1-76010-181-7
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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
Committee SecretarySenate Legal and Constitutional Affairs CommitteePO Box 6100Parliament HouseCanberra ACT 2600 Phone: +61 2 6277 3560legcon.sen@aph.gov.au
An inquiry into the comprehensive revision of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
02 Feb 2015: Canberra26 Sep 2014: Canberra29 Jul 2014: Sydney
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