Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Tony Abbott is stepping up the pressure on Labor to swiftly pass new data retention laws, which are now expected to cost up to $400 million a year. The prime minister revealed the cost, which Labor has been seeking, before he delivers a major national security speech to parliament on Monday. The legislation, introduced in October but yet to pass either house of parliament, mandates telecommunications companies keep metadata for two years. Metadata is information collected from devices, including phone numbers used, how long people talked to each other, the e-mail address from which a message was sent and the time the message was sent. It is used by police and intelligence agencies to investigate such crimes as terrorism and child sexual abuse networks. Talking to child protection advocates on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, Mr Abbott warned there would be an “explosion of unsolved crime” without the changes. “If we don’t keep this data, our crime fighting agencies and the police are flying blind,” Mr Abbott said. The $400 million cost represented one per cent of the $40 billion telecommunications sector. “It seems like a small price to pay to give ourselves safety and freedom,” Mr Abbott said. Asked […]
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