Tag: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Labor demands AFP answers on encryption

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian law enforcement agencies are yet to use the coercive anti-encryption powers handed to them nearly two years ago, with Labor MPs questioning whether they are necessary at all....

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...

Encryption report handed to government

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The independent national security monitor’s report on Australia’s highly contentious encryption laws has been handed to government but will not be made public until August at the earliest. Independent...

CLOUD Act has a human rights problem

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Legislation paving the way for a data-sharing deal with the US “does not provide adequate safeguards to protect human rights”, according to an international coalition of tech groups that...

Labor to introduce amendments to ‘repair’ encryption powers

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Labor will this week introduce amendments “repairing” the encryption legislation in an effort to qualify Australia for a controversial data-sharing agreement with the US. The Opposition will attempt to...

Labor demands an encryption fix now

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Federal Labor has called on the government to fix its highly controversial encryption legislation now instead of waiting for two inquiries to report back in a year. The Assistance...

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...

Face recognition hearing cancelled

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A public hearing into the federal government’s highly controversial facial recognition database plans has been cancelled at the last minute. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS)...