The Coalition’s ambitions to give immigration authorities more power to collect more biometric data on citizens at international ports has been met with resistance in parliament.
Andrew Colley | 26 Jun | Read more
Federal parliament today rejected a series of amendments to its website blocking legislation aimed at tempering the controversial laws.
Andrew Colley | 23 Jun | Read more
The federal government has refused to recognise a decision by a US appeals court which ruled that mass collection of telecommunications metadata.
Andrew Colley | 17 Jun | Read more
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform bill advances to the Senate floor to better protect email privacy. Meanwhile a House subcommittee considers privacy protections for location data, data which some in law enforcement say is necessary to solve crimes.
Kenneth Corbin | 25 Apr | Read more
Members of Judiciary Committee express concern over broad-ranging, secretive authorities under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, push for bill to strengthen oversight, transparency.
Kenneth Corbin | 31 Jul | Read more