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One of the things that many Australian citizens have become concerned about over the last few years is the capacity and willingness of the Australian government to monitor and access private communications. Through government acts like 2015’s Data Retention Act and 2018’s Assistance and Access Act, the government has greater power than ever to snoop on private communications, very often without any warrant or judicial oversight.

This has been brought to light again recently, with the Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee recommending a repeal of part of the metadata retention law after revealing that many non law-enforcement agencies – including local councils, the Victorian Institute of Education, the RSPCA and the South Australian fisheries department

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