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Overhaul of ‘dog’s breakfast’ surveillance laws could see spies getting greater access to smartphones
The age of the smartphone is forcing a software update of Australia’s spy laws.
Key points:
- It’s been 40 years since laws first allowed spies to bug phones and access computers
- Former ASIO boss Dennis Richardson labelled the current laws “a dog’s breakfast”
- He thinks it will cost $100 million and take five years to overhaul the laws
Laws governing phone intercepts by Australia’s intelligence agencies, first drafted more than 40 years ago, are to be dragged into the 21st century as a result of a wide-ranging inquiry into the way agencies go about their work, recently released by the Federal Government.
The current laws have been labelled “a dog’s breakfast”.
Running to 1,300 pages and making 204 recommendations, the inquiry by former Australian…
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