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Australia's New Email Interception Methods Raise Privacy Issues

Calendar Dec 20, 2001 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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civil liberties surveillance privacy issues email interception counter-terrorism Australia government actions
New counter-terrorism measures pushed by a government "run out of control" will see more Australian agencies able to intercept e-mails for routine investigations, according to civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers of Australia (EFA).. . . New counter-terrorism measures pushed by a government "run out of control" will see more Australian agencies able to intercept e-mails for routine investigations, according to civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers of Australia (EFA).

In a review of Australia's ability to meet the challenges of "the new terrorist environment," a raft of proposals, including amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Act 1979, were put forward at a Cabinet meeting today, according to the Department for the Attorney General.

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