Tag: Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

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Encryption laws near a ‘significant turning point’

The recent independent national security monitor’s report on Australia’s anti-encryption powers and the ongoing parliamentary inquiry should be a “significant turning point” for the highly controversial legislation, Digital Rights...

Encryption laws need judicial oversight: INSLM

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The power to issue and authorise encryption-busting notices needs to be taken away from agency heads and the government and vested in a new judicial oversight body, the government’s...

Renwick review won’t reject encryption laws

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The independent national security monitor won’t call on government to repeal its highly controversial encryption laws but will likely recommend a series of tweaks, as a number of inquiries...

No encryption fix until at least October

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There won’t be any amendments to the Commonwealth’s controversial encryption-busting powers until October at the earliest with the Coalition signalling it would vote down Labor’s attempts to “repair” the...

Tortured path of encryption review

Posted on   |  by James Riley
When it was put to a vote in the parliament last December, it took about 15 minutes to pass the encryption laws but will take nearly two years to...

Encryption review is further delayed

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A major review into the government’s controversial new encryption powers has been pushed back by nearly six months after the independent security monitor asked for more time to look...

Encryption inquiry deadline extended

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s independent security monitor has extended its inquiry into the highly controversial encryption laws after receiving just 15 submissions from the public. Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Dr...