National Security Inquiry

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Introduction

This wiki page was initially created to assist in allowing people to write submissions to the Australian Government's:

Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has commenced an inquiry into potential reforms of national security legislation.
The inquiry was referred to the Committee by the Attorney-General.^[1]

Now that submissions have closed this wiki page shall remain as an ongoing resource of material related to the issue.

In what Crikey’s Bernard Keane has rightfully called a “government wishlist of new surveillance powers”^[2], the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security (JPCIS) has asked for submissions on the Attorney-General’s Department’s discussion paper ‘Equipping Australia Against Emerging and Evolving Threats.’^[1]

The discussion paper suggests “a massive expansion of intelligence-gathering powers including data retention, the surveillance of Twitter accounts, forcing people to give up computer passwords, ASIO stop-and-search powers, government authority to direct telecommunications companies about infrastructure and the power for ASIO to plant or destroy information on computers.”^[2]

Note: The PJCIS report has now been released.
The report can be accessed in fulland chapter by chapter here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm Direct link to the full PDF or the report is here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report/full.pdf

Note: Submissions now closed
The 200+ submissions are available to be viewed here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/subs.htm The Pirate Party Australia submission is available here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/subs/sub134.pdf Text of Roxon's subsequent speech to Security in Governance Conference is here: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Speeches/Pages/2012/Third%20Quarter/4September2012-SpeechtotheSecurityinGovernmentConferenceprotectivesecurity-policyinaction.aspx

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Submissions can be made by any individual or organisation. The best option for this inquiry is to email your submission to [email protected]

This pdf: Making a Submission explains the process in more detail, but it can be enough just to send an email expressing your opposition. (one person's example)

The official page about the inquiry with more information on the process and the inquiry is here:

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/index.htm

Below are a number of resources, articles links and information which may assist in preparing your arguments/submission.

This wiki page is remains a work in process.

Media Articles, Links and Resources related to the National Security Inquiry

Pirate Party items

Senate Petition (Please sign it if you haven't already): https://pirateparty.org.au/natsecinquiry-petition/

Senate Petition has now been tabled in the Senate by Ludlum. See here: https://pirateparty.org.au/2013/02/26/data-retention-goes-back-underground-as-campaign-turns-up-the-heat/

Digital Flyer: https://pirateparty.org.au/media/promotional/natsecinquiry_poster.png

Print Flyer: https://pirateparty.org.au/media/promotional/natsecinquiry_poster.pdf

Other groups flyers and/or related links

Green's submission template: http://greensmps.org.au/content/national-security-legislation-inquiry-submission

Ludlum's Flyer: http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/natsecinquiry.pdf

Orwellian Coat of Arms: http://i.imgur.com/Fs9YV.jpg

AVAAZ Petition: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/internet_privacy_under_attack/?wZzYLab

GetUp Campaign page: http://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/privacy/protect-us-but-respect-us/your-privacy-at-risk

GetUp YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxZ-riGmyo

Flyers and Info from Somersetbean: http://somersetbean.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/total-surveillance-coming-soon-to.html

Orwellian Big Sister Roxon 1: http://i.imgur.com/cOeJN.jpg

Orwellian Big Sister Roxon 2: http://i.imgur.com/ubliS.jpg

Send Nicola Roxon a copy of 1984: https://danielkinsman.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/send-nicola-roxon-a-copy-of-1984/

Delimiter article re the above Critics flood Roxon with copies of Orwell’s ‘1984’

NOSEY NICOLA'S NOVEMBER NIGHTMARE !!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2_kLW33Sg4
Encouraging all Australians to save [email protected] as 'Nosey Nicola' and cc her on their day-to-day emails. (by GenerationAlpha)

Committee Hearings

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/hearings.htm

Melbourne: Wednesday 5 September 2012, 9.00am - 4.30pm
- Program: Wednesday 5 September 2012 (PDF 65KB)
- Testimonies: Victorian Privacy Commissioner; Macquarie Telecom; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law; South Australia Police and Victoria Police; Human Rights Law Centre; Institute of Public Affairs; Liberty Victoria; Electronic Frontiers Australia.
- Transcript: Wednesday 5 September 2012 (parlinfo.aph.gov.au link)

Canberra: Friday 14 September 2012, 9.00am - 12.15pm
- Program: Friday 14 September 2012 (PDF 59KB)
- Testimonies: Law Council of Australia; Australian Taxation Office; Huawei Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd; AMTA/Communications Alliance.
- Transcript: Friday 14 September 2012 (parlinfo.aph.gov.au link)
- Live stream: put http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/asx1/hms975a.asx into VLC ***Concluded***
- Chirpstory of @SimonWolfe's live tweets: http://chirpstory.com/li/22390

Sydney: Wednesday 26 September 2012, 9.00am - 4.15pm
- Program: Wednesday 26 September 2012 (PDF 80KB)
- Testimonies: NSW Crime Commissioner; Police Integrity Commission; NSW Police; Blueprint for Free Speech; NSW Council for Civil Liberties; Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission; NSW Young Lawyers; Ericcson.
- Transcript: Wednesday 26 September 2012 (parlinfo.aph.gov.au link) (PDF)
- Live stream: http://aph.gov.au/live or put http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/asx1/hms10v_40K.asx into VLC ***Concluded***
- Chirpstory of @BlueprintFFS's live tweets: http://chirpstory.com/li/24748 and then as @SimonWolfe http://chirpstory.com/li/24747

Sydney: Thursday 27 September 2012, 9.00am - 2.30pm
- Program: Thursday 27 September 2012 (PDF 60KB)
- Testimonies: Telstra; Vodaphone Hutchison; Australian Securities and Investments Commission; Internet Society of Australia; iiNet; Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law.
- Transcript: Thursday 27 September 2012 (parlinfo.aph.gov.au link) (PDF)
- Live stream: http://aph.gov.au/live or put http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/asx2/hms10v_100K.asx into VLC ***Concluded***

~~Canberra: Friday 12 October 2012, 3.45pm - 5.00pm~~
- ~~Location: Committee Room 1R5 Parliament House Canberra~~
- ~~Program: Friday 12 October 2012 (PDF 54KB)~~
- ~~Testimonies: Attorney Generals Department.~~
- ~~Transcript: Not yet available~~
- ~~Live stream: http://www.aph.gov.au/live~~

Friday 12/10/12 afternoon hearing with the Attorney General Department Postponed.

Story seems to be: The PJCIS had a secret hearing with secret evidence from ASIO this day, and when time for the AGD section came around at 3:45 the PJCIS decided they couldn't cover everything in a mere hour and so have postponed it so they can spend more time the the AG Dept officials. Possibly with questions arising from the ASIO testimony. Supposedly this will be done in a room that will have video broadcast capabilities and possibly more room for public. So hopefully it wont all end up "in camera" (which means secret/closed doors).

~~So new, longer and, ideally, more open hearing with AGD expected to be in a fortnight or so.~~ See Below

Canberra: Friday 2 November 2012, 10.00am - 12.00pm
- Location: Committee Room 2S1 (Parliament House Canberra)
- Program: Thursday 27 September 2012 (PDF 55KB)
- Testimonies: Secretary of the Attorney General's Department
- Transcript: Friday 2 November 2012 (parlinfo.aph.gov.au link) (PDF)
- Live stream: http://www.aph.gov.au/live - Or put Direct Link: http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/asx1/hms9v_100K.asx into VLC or some such
- https://twitter.com/BernardKeane appears to be in attendance and tweeting.
- "Data retention laws cause concern" Summary from "About the House News": http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/About_the_House_News/Latest_News/IS-05112012

according to: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/keeping-up-with-the-criminals/story-e6frg76f-1226582221703
"The committee has received all its submissions and has one more meeting, scheduled for March 1, before it finalises its report and recommendations. "

Other Events

Friday, 26 October 2012
Australian Army Chief Lieutenant General D.L. Morrison AO to present "National Security Lecture" University of Canberra. http://www.canberra.edu.au/events/home/view_by_event_id/781

CryptoParties
see: https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/CryptoParty for list of dates/places

Wednesday, 7 November 2012 - 18:00 until 19:30
Canberra tech talks: Parliamentary inquiry into data retention
Pia Waugh will be leading the November edition of Canberra Tech Talks to facilitate a discussion about the issues which arise in striking this balance as well as to explore the technological changes which have necessitated the inquiry.
https://www.facebook.com/events/270737786362993

Data Retention Details

On 19th September Attorney General Roxon wrote a letter to the PJCIS with details about the data retention proposals.

Letter to the Committee from AG Roxon (Original Source pdf): http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/additional/letter%20from%20ag%20to%20pjcis%20clarifying%20tor.pdf
Text version: Roxon Letter on Data Retention (ppau wiki page with notes appended)

The proposals appear to be heavily based on the European Union Data Retention Directive

Directive 2006/24/EC: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0024:EN:HTML
ASIO PJCIS Submission: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/subs/sub%20209.pdf

Thanks to Senator Scott Ludlam's questioning of the AFP at the Senate Estimates Committee (16th October 2012) a defintion of what the AFP etc interprets as metadata was tabled:
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/afpdoc.pdf
They claim that a persons visited URLs is not included in this and counts as "content", thus requiring a warrant. The technical contradictions inherent in their definitions and interpretations are not explained. Upon questioning "The Internet Identifier" was clarified to mean an IP address.

A new document released 24Oct2012 from the Parliamentary Library shines a lot of information on the proposals:
Telecommunications data retention—an overview
Nigel Brew. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Section
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/1998792/upload_binary/1998792.pdf

In mid February the AGD finally succumbed to Brendan Molloy's (@piecritic) FOI requests revealing that the department intended to go a LOT further insofar as the data retention details went and has been planning to do so for quite some time. And with a lot of technical ineptitude wrapped up amongst it all.
For details, see here: http://brendan.so/2013/02/14/data-retention-foi-request-fulfilled-pretty-bad/
See the above link for links to articles, the story behind it, the actual documents with checksums etc, but direct links to the provided docs are also below:

http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/MOLLOY%20Decision%20Letter%2013.02.2013.docx MOLLOY Decision Letter 13.02.2013.docx [571.46 KB]
http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/MOLLOY%20Decision%20Letter%2013.02.2013.pdf MOLLOY Decision Letter 13.02.2013.pdf [566.17 KB]
http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/R%20DR%20Industry%20Consultation%20Meetings%202009.pdf R DR Industry Consultation Meetings 2009.pdf [2.10 MB]
http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/R%20DR%20Industry%20Consultation%20Meetings%202010.pdf R DR Industry Consultation Meetings 2010.pdf [344.49 KB]
http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/R%20DR%20Industry%20Consultation%20Meetings%202011.pdf R DR Industry Consultation Meetings 2011.pdf [4.63 MB]
http://brendan.so/files//foi-data-retention-consultation/R%20DR%20Industry%20Consultation%20Meetings%202012.pdf R DR Industry Consultation Meetings 2012.pdf [871.78 KB]

The full request sequence and correspondence is available here: http://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/documents_relating_to_data_reten

Relevant Acts

Directly Related Media Articles, Press releases and/or Blogposts etc

Post Report articles

The Report: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm

Article title	Source	Author	Date
No Coalition policy on data retention, copyright infringement The Coalition will join Labor in not going to this Australian federal election with any policy on mandatory data retention or copyright infringement, Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis has told ZDNet.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	26 August 2013
Labor won't decide on data retention, copyright infringement until after election The Australian Labor Party will not rule in or rule out bringing in data retention laws or a copyright infringement deterrence scheme if it wins the September federal election.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	20 August 2013
Data retention net tightens on Attorney-General’s Department The Attorney-General’s Department has admitted it did more on data retention than it claimed to a parliamentary committee. (Note: Paywalled)	Crikey	Bernard Keane	8 July 2013
Gotcha: Oz Greens squeeze web snoop law confession Data retention bill drafted, despite denials	The Register	Richard Chirgwin	7 July 2013
Government admits it gave incorrect answers on data retention plans The Attorney-General's Department has admitted it had legislation drafted for a data retention scheme, changing answers it previously provided to Greens communications spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam in Senate Estimates hearings.	The Greens	Scott Ludlam	5 July 2013
Attorney-General’s Department changes tack on data retention In a significant admission, the Attorney-General’s Department has corrected its evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to reveal two provisions for a data retention régime were drafted at the Department’s request.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	5 July 2013
Australian government to extend intelligence powers This article claims the media reports of a backdown on data retention are false and that the report actually endorses sweeping extensions to intelligence agency monitoring powers... (this article seems a to take things a bit too far)	World Socialist Web Site	Patrick O’Connor	27 June 2013
Data retention always comes back Data retention has been slayed in Australia for the time being, but like any good pop culture villain, it will always come back.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	26 June 2013
Data retention 'will return', campaigners say Privacy campaigners have welcomed the government’s plans to drop controversial data retention legislation - but they say it's likely to be back should the Coalition win government.	SBS	Bill Code	25 June 2013
Yes we can: how surveillance was quietly stymied in Australia There are some lessons from this week’s Australia’s national security inquiry, especially when we compare ourselves to the US and the UK. Secret plans for data retention came to nothing.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	25 June 2013
‘Shelved’? No. Data retention will be back Yesterday it was widely reported that the Federal Government had ‘shelved’ its data retention plans, walking away from the controversial proposal to monitor all Australians’ communications. But the reality is the complete opposite: Data retention is still being actively considered as a policy and will shortly return to plague Australia once again.	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	25 June 2013
Pirate Party disappointed by National Security Report Pirate Party Press Release in response to the release of the report.	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	25 June 2013
Mandatory Data Retention Defeated in Australia, For Now Yesterday, a parliamentary committee issued a report declining to recommend data retention and strongly criticizing the government for failing to adequately explain and justify its proposal.	EFF	Daniel Nazer	24 June 2013
National security inquiry declines to endorse data retention A key review of proposal to strengthen national security laws has opted against recommending mandatory data retention, and suggested a strictly limited scheme if governments do consider one.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	24 June 2013
Government must abandon data retention The Federal Government must unequivocally reject mandatory telecommunications data retention in the wake of the release of the National Security Inquiry report, the Australian Greens said today.	The Australian Greens	Scott Ludlam	24 June 2013
Australian government shelves data retention plans The Australian government has said that it will not progress plans for a mandatory data retention scheme.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	24 June 2013
Committee throws data retention decision back to government The Australian parliamentary committee looking into proposed telecommunications security reforms has left it to the government to decide whether ISPs should be forced to retain data for two years.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	24 June 2013
Parliamentary Committee report on National Security Legislation Press Release from Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in regard to the release of the PJCIS Report	Attorney-General’s office	Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus	24 June 2013
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Post submission due date articles

Article title	Source	Author	Date
Attorney-General’s Department: hiding a data retention gargoyle? More evidence has emerged that the Attorney-General’s Department has significantly downplayed the extent of its work in developing a data retention regime to record data about Australians’ telephone and internet usage — and may have misled a Senate committee about it.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	20 June 2013
The bureaucrats and the strange case of the vanishing meetings - Evidence to a Senate committee from Attorney-General’s officials about its data retention preparations sits poorly with what we already know.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	30 May 2013
http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate_committees?url=legcon_ctte/estimates/bud_1314/ag/ag-correction4.pdf - PDF of the correction letter referred to in below and above entries.			29 May 2013
Attorney General's Department on data retention - Ludlam Questions AGD at Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee	The Greens	Scott Ludlam	29 May 2013
Senator Ludlam questions PM&C on internet filtering, Wikileaks and cybersecurity in Senate Estimates on Monday 27 May, Senator Ludlam questioned officials from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on on internet filtering, Wikileaks and cybersecurity	YouTube	Australian Greens·	27 May 2013
Data retention divergence as US, UK mull mass surveillance	Crikey	Bernard Keane	13 May 2013
Greens predict 'kinder, gentler' data retention to return post-election	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	9 May 2013
Creeping power of the Keystroke cops	Walkley Foundation	Bernard Keane	3 May 2013
Ludlam tables anti-data retention petition	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	28 Feb 2013
Ignore the 98.9 per cent at your peril Transcript and video of Ludlam tabling petition and proposing motion in the Senate	greensmps.org.au	Senator Scott Ludlam	27 Feb 2013
Petition against data retention law runs into Senate wall	Computerworld	Adam Bender	27 Feb 2013
Pirate Party petition 'demolishes case for data retention'	ITNews	Ry Crozier	26 Feb 2013
Data retention goes back underground as campaign turns up the heat	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	26 Feb 2013
Motion on Data Retention This is the motion presented in the Senate to accompany the PPAU petition. The major parties voted it down.	greensmps.org.au	Senator Scott Ludlam	26 Feb 2013
Liberty lost in name of security Another response to the below Sheridan article. Again, google search the title to get past the paywall to the full article.	The Australian	Alan R.M. Jones	25 Feb 2013
Danby and Sheridan hammer home an own-goal for data retention A response to the below article	Crikey	Bernard Keane	21 Feb 2013
Keeping up with the criminals A pro Data Retention scare piece. Paste the title into a google search to get past the paywall.	The Australian	Greg Sheridan	21 Feb 2013
Secret data retention docs display gross technical ineptitude A treasure trove of previously confidential documents pertaining to the Government’s data retention policy and released this week under Freedom of Information laws display an astonishing technical ineptitude on the part of the Attorney-General’s Department with respect to the controversial project.	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	15 Feb 2013
‘Banality of evil’: new documents lift the veil on data retention New documents shed light on the enthusiasm of the Attorney-General’s Department to move forward with (and think large on) data retention, and the resistance it encountered from industry.	Crikey	Bernard Keane	14 Feb 2013
Data retention FOI request fulfilled, pretty bad FOI request re some data retention details was finally partially successful, revealing some scary stuff.	brendan.so (Blog)	Brendan Molloy	14 Feb 2013
'The elephant in the room': Data retention's controversial origins Documents released under Freedom of Information laws show that the Australian government's data-retention policy has been controversial since its 2009 secret inception.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	13 Feb 2013
#natsecinquiry FOI reveals more of the same: It’s still terrible	21stcenturysamizdat (Blog)	JLLLOW	13 Feb 2013
Pirate Party applauds Berners-Lee’s anti-retention comments	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	31 Jan 2013
'Dynamite': web inventor warns about dangers of government snooping	Sydney Morning Herald	Stephen Hutcheon	29 Jan 2013
Tim Berners-Lee calls data retention a 'really, really bad idea'	ITNews	Liz Tay	29 Jan 2013
Gillard vows to fight 'malicious' cyber attacks	ABC News	Simon Cullen	24 Jan 2013
Gillard spends big on cyber-security; including new centre	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	23 Jan 2013
Spy agency ASIO wants powers to hack into personal computers	The Telegraph	Natasha Bita	13 Jan 2013
#NatSecInquiry may not land before election	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	9 Jan 2013
AFP can't get data on how long it needs data One of the strongest backers for Australian telecommunications companies to hold customer data for access by government agencies can't itself provide data on how long it usually requires that data for crime investigation to be stored.	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	8 Jan 2013
More Exciting Adventures in the World of Freedom of Information Current FOI Request Status: Documents relating to data retention proposals	Brendan's Nonsense (blog)	Brendan Molloy	2 Jan 2013
ASIO spies seeking immunity to train undercover in terror camps Note Mark Newtons comment on this article: "The actual power ASIO wants is the ability to authorise ASIO agents to commit crimes. The crime of training in a terrorist camp (Al Quaeda? Seriously? ) is merely the justification. Once the power is ranted, it will inevitably be used to authorise ASIO agents to commit other crimes as well. We are a nation of laws, and that means our law enforcement agencies need to be bound by the law. Granting a covert agency the ability to say, "Don't worry about that, it's authorised," when corrupt illegal behaviour comes to light is very, ery dangerous to our democracy."	Adelaide Now	Natash Bita	26 Dec 2012
National security inquiry delay to put data retention on hold	Crikey	Bernard Keane	20 Dec 2012
Pirate Party appeals data retention censorship	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	20 Nov 2012
Pirate Party Appeals National Security Legislation Freedom of Information Refusal	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	20 Nov 2012
Like Pulling Teeth	Rodney Serkowski//Info Politics (Blog)	Rodney Serkowski	20 Nov 2012
National iSpy	Online Opinion	Kellie Tranter	13 Nov 2012
Internet filtering - the war is over?	The Age	Adam Turner	9 Nov 2012
Assembling the building blocks of global net regulation	Crikey	Bernard Keane	6 Nov 2012
Politicians united by data retention	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	5 Nov 2012
Committee confused over data retention debate	ITNews	Joshua Gliddon	2 Nov 2012
Revealed: who the govt spoke with on data retention plans	Crikey	Bernard Keane	2 Nov 2012
Data definitions in the spotlight as A-G dept fronts inquiry	Crikey	Bernard Keane	1 Nov 2012
Open Letter to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon	CSO	Jarrod Loidl	31 Oct 2012
Triple J: Hack 30 Oct 2012 Episode Direct link to mp3: link Data retention story at 11m15s in.	Triple J: Hack	Triple J: Hack	30 Oct 2012
Insulted, ASIO? That’s not really the problem, surely? Followup to the Below	stilgherrian.com	Stilgherrian	26 Oct 2012
Data retention's underlying attitude problems Podcast/Audio (+text)	ZDNet: Patch Monday	Stilgherrian	22 Oct 2012
Tracking Citizens in Real Time	DC84.com [Blog]	David W. Campbell (PPAU President)	22 Oct 2012
ASIO insulted by statements it could abuse data retention powers	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	22 Oct 2012
Internet legislation watchdog concerned over cybercrime bill	Reportage	Stella Gray	21 Oct 2012
For Their Eyes Only Audio	ABC Radio National: Background Briefing	Di Martin	21 Oct 2012
ASIO seen as serious threat to innocent citizens	Sydney Morning Herald	Natalie O'Brien	20 Oct 2012
ASIO wants powers to counter changing technology	ABC News	Di Martin	20 Oct 2012
How not to launch a public debate, by the A-G’s Department	Crikey	Bernard Keane	18 Oct 2012
Shining Light on National Security Inquiry Exposes Ugly Truth	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	17 Oct 2012
Top cybercop had no idea about Telstra logging	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	17 Oct 2012
AFP roadshow garnered #NatSecInquiry support	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	17 Oct 2012
Ludlam vs ASIO: Supplementary Senate Estimates - Legal and Constitutional Committee - Video & Transcript	Greens Australia	Scott Ludlam	16 Oct 2012
AFP denies seeking URLs for data-retention plans	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	16 Oct 2012
Ludlam vs AFP: Supplementary Senate Estimates - Legal and Constitutional Committee - Video & Transcript	Greens Australia	Scott Ludlam	16 Oct 2012
'Trust us': police push for greater data access	Canberra Times	Christopher Knaus	16 Oct 2012
Data retention plans slammed by IGF panel	Computerworld	Hamish Barwick	12 Oct 2012
Labor, Coalition block data retention transparency	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	11 Oct 2012
Labor and Coalition unite to keep Australians in the dark on data retention	Australian Greens (Press Release)	Scott Ludlum	11 Oct 2012
Other government reforms also "creepy", not just data retention, Ludlam says	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	11 Oct 2012
Attorney-General's Department to front security inquiry	iTnews	iTnews	11 Oct 2012
Web snooping plan suppressed by government	The Age	Philip Dorling	10 Oct 2012
Govt censors pre-prepared data retention bills	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	10 Oct 2012
Pirate Party Stonewalled on Data Retention	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	10 Oct 2012
Pirate Party applauds Turnbull	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	10 Oct 2012
We must stop the government's erosion of liberties	Canberra Times	Simon Breheny	10 Oct 2012
Attorney-General told to keep data retention to six months	itnews	James Hutchinson	10 Oct 2012
Turnbull's doubts on storing digital data	Sydney Morning Herald	Michelle Grattan	9 Oct 2012
Data Retention and Biometric Security - Why Both Are Bad Ideas. Audio: Radio Interview with IT specialist Wayne Bucklar	ABC Brisbane 612	Kelly Higgins-Devine	9 Oct 2012
Free at Last! Or Freedom Lost? Liberty in the Digital Age: 2012 Alfred Deakin Lecture Speech Transcript/Text	malcolmturnbull.com.au	Malcolm Turnbull	8 Oct 2012
Government's creeping hand	itnews	Simon Breheny	6 Oct 2012
Data retention risks Australian internet freedoms	itnews	James Hutchinson	5 Oct 2012
Data retention will require massive storage re-architecture	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	5 Oct 2012
The dark side to data retention	Technology Spectator.	Mark Gregory	4 Oct 2012
Indefinite data retention “appalling”, say critics	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	1 Oct 2012
Data retention proposals make cybercrime suspects of us all	iiNet Blog Post	Steve Dalby	28 Sep 2012
Why are people so worried about data retention and the National Security Inquiry?	ABC Technology and Games	Nick Ross	28 Sep 2012
ISPs could become spy services: inquiry	9 News	Toby Mann and Adam Bennett	27 Sep 2012
Skype, Gmail outside of Telstra net	Sky News	Sky News	27 Sep 2012
Data retention to cost $60m for iiNet to set up; customers will pay	ComputerWorld	Stephanie McDonald	27 Sep 2012
Vodafone calls for clarity on metadata retention, warns of costs	ComputerWorld	Rohan Pearce	27 Sep 2012
Corporate watchdog eyes telecommunications interception powers	ComputerWorld	Rohan Pearce	27 Sep 2012
Not just metadata: ASIC wants content retained	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	27 Sep 2012
Indefinite Data Retention Suggestion Appalling, says Pirate Party	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	27 Sep 2012
Telstra reveals RSPCA, local councils accessing its customers' data	ComputerWorld	Stephanie McDonald	27 Sep 2012
Police barter data retention against Australians' privacy	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	27 Sep 2012
Telstra: Not the carrier of choice for terrorists	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	27 Sep 2012
Arguments for and against data retention plan - Audio Podcast	SBS	Dawn Tratt	27 Sep 2012
#NatSecInquiry is Filling Me With Worry	WordyTumble: Blog	Matthew Hatton @bernietb	26 Sep 2012
Police seek more access to telecommunications data Audio+Text	ABC: PM	Peter Lloyd/Mark Colvin	26 Sep 2012
Police push for 'indefinite' data retention	itnews	James Hutchinson	26 Sep 2012
Police want phone, web data kept indefinitely	Sydney Morning Herald	Bianca Hall	26 Sep 2012
Be careful, she might hear you	Sydney Morning Herald	Philip Dorling	25 Sep 2012
Is Big Brother still with us Radio interview with Mark Newton	Breakfast on Radio Adelaide	Angus Randall --> Mark Newton	24 Sep 2012
Only Real Threat Is To Our Online Privacy	Herald Sun	Simon Breheny	24 Sep 2012
Baker & McKenzie: Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation and recent developments	JDSupra	Baker & McKenzie Australia	21 Sep 2012
ASIO, Roxon defend data-retention proposal	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	21 Sep 2012
Roxon clarifies draconian data retention plans	Crikey	Bernard Keane	21 Sep 2012
Metadata still "spying" on people, says Pirate Party	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	21 Sep 2012
Roxon’s Metadata Definition Still Dangerously Flawed	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	21 Sep 2012
Everyone's An Expert Online	New Matilda	Myles Peterson	21 Sep 2012
Europe’s data retention story not clear cut	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	21 Sep 2012
Policing privacy more costly under data storage plans	ABC News	Simon Cullen	20 Sep 2012
ASIO, Roxon shed light on data retention proposal	itnews	James Hutchinson	20 Sep 2012
Roxon steps up data retention campaign	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	20 Sep 2012
Labor, Coalition avoid data retention debate	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	20 Sep 2012
Letter to the Committee from AG Roxon (pdf)	aph.gov.au	Attorney General Nicola Roxon	19 Sep 2012
Mandatory Data Retention Irreconcilable with Fundamental Human Rights	Blog: Rodney Serkowski // Info Politics	Rodney Serkowski	19 Sep 2012
Internet privacy a major worry for readers	The Age	Craig Butt and Henrietta Cook	19 Sep 2012
Roxon conflates cyber-bullies, protests, data retention	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	18 Sep 2012
Vague data retention proposal draws IIA ire and friendly fire	The Register	Richard Chirgwin	17 Sep 2012
Regulator lets the cat out of the bag: data retention not just about national security	IPA	Simon Breheny	17 Sep 2012
Faulkner attacks vague national security proposals	Crikey	Bernard Keane	17 Sep 2012
Casting wide net in data ocean no guarantee of enhanced security	AMTA	AMTA	15 Sep 2012
The online devil is in the details	News.com.au	Claire Connelly	15 Sep 2012
Scams, petrol price rorts are why we need data retention: ACCC	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	14 Sep 2012
The Australian Law Council says Labor's data retention plans go too far	The Australian	Andrew Colley	14 Sep 2012
Telcos call for clarity on data retention scheme	ITNews	James Hutchinson	14 Sep 2012
Criticism of data retention proposal grows while Roxon obfuscates	EFA	jlawrence	14 Sep 2012
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU CLICK FOR...	The Global Mail	Bernard Lagan	13 Sep 2012
Trolling our way to national security Trolling our way to national security	geordieguy.com Delimiter	Geordie Guy	12 Sep 2012
GetUp! rejects Roxon’s “partisan spin”	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	12 Sep 2012
Freedom Not Fear: David Lyon on Contemporary Surveillance	EFF	Rebecca Bowe	12 Sep 2012
Tony Abbott vows to pressure Nicola Roxon on internet laws	The Australian	David Crowe	12 Sep 2012
Roxon rejected request for a data retention debate	Technology Spectator	Harrison Polites	12 Sep 2012
TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: Labor's internet data laws won’t work	Business Spectator	Mark Gregory	12 Sep 2012
THE FACTS ABOUT GETUP'S OFFER TO THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL	GetUp!	GetUp!	11 Sep 2012
GetUp security claims totally false: Roxon	Sydney Morning Herald	AAP	11 Sep 2012
Coalition MPs join critics of data storage plans	ABC News	Simon Cullen	11 Sep 2012
Coalition MPs slam data retention plan	The Australian	David Crowe	11 Sep 2012
Data retention: what it really means	ABC: The Drum	Matthew Warren	11 Sep 2012
Roxon turns to YouTube for data retention argument	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	11 Sep 2012
Lessons learnt in data retention law	Sydney Morning Herald	Liam Tung	11 Sep 2012
Big Brother is watching	News.com.au	Alan RM Jones	10 Sep 2012
Roxon calls on Twitter to out trolls	The Age	Clancy Yeates	10 Sep 2012
What is the government up to on Australia’s internet kill switch?	Crikey	Bernard Keane	10 Sep 2012
History repeating: Five ways data retention is like Conroy’s filter	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	10 Sep 2012
Experts slam AG’s proposed reforms	Lawyers Weekly	Andrew Jennings	10 Sep 2012
An extremely uncivil attack on our liberty	The Age	Chris Berg	9 Sep 2012
Data retention proposal 'raises more questions than it answers,' says IIA executive	Computerworld	Adam Bender	7 Sep 2012
Data retention laws risky, Canberra told	The Australian	Andrew Colley	6 Sep 2012
Turnbull won’t comment on data retention	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	6 Sep 2012
Pirate Party blasts data retention risks	SC Magazine	Staff Writer	6 Sep 2012
AG Roxon’s Sudden Support for Data Retention Disconcerting	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	6 Sep 2012
Your Data Is Safe With Nicola Roxon	NewMatilda	Myles Peterson	5 Sep 2012
National security hysteria, the fastest-growing crime in Aust	Crikey	Bernard Keane	5 Sep 2012
Data-retention plan like ‘punching at a cloud’	SBS	Andy Park	5 Sep 2012
Data-retention plan likened to Gestapo tactics	ABC News		4 Sep 2012
Roxon tries to allay fears over data storage	ABC News	Simon Cullen	4 Sep 2012
Phone, internet data could be kept for 2 years [video]	ABC: Lateline	John Stewart	4 Sep 2012
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon leaves door open to data retention	The Australian	AAP	4 Sep 2012
AG Nicola Roxon Bats for Data Retention Laws, Insists It’s the Need of the Hour	The International Business Times	Erik Pineda	4 Sep 2012
Nicola Roxon backflip gives green light for online spying	News.com.au	Claire Connelly	4 Sep 2012
Australian customers could pay for govt spying	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	4 Sep 2012
. Whole slew of other articles need to be added in here... to come soon.	.	.	.
Attorney General makes case for widespread internet tracking	ABC: The World Today	Simon Lauder	4 Sep 2012
Attorney-General Nicola Roxon’s Speech On Data Retention Laws Text of Speech	australianpolitics.com		4 Sep 2012
Proposed Changes to Australia's Data Retention Laws Likely to Be Costly	CircleID	Susanna Sharpe	3 Sep 2012
Data retention could cost over $500m: Comms Alliance, AMTA	ComputerWorld	Stephanie McDonald	29 Aug 2012
Internet data tracking proposal seen as 'a police state' (178 comments)	Sydney Morning Herald	Bianca Hall, Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby	29 Aug 2012
Proposed data retention laws likened to police state: Bendall Acting Victorian Privacy Commissioner	ComputerWorld	Hamish Barwick	29 Aug 2012
Cyber crackdown will lift costs, Huawei tells ALP	The Australian (Business)	Annabel Hepworth	28 Aug 2012
ATO asks for greater phone-tap access	The Australian	Annabel Hepworth	23 Aug 2012

Pre submission due date articles

Article title	Source	Author	Date
Just the beginning of a national security debate	Inside Story	Jennifer Goh	2 Aug 2012
Anonymous attack protests web laws, catches innocents [video/transcript]	ABC (7:30 Report)	7:30 Report: Hayden Cooper	1 Aug 2012
AFP assistant commissioner calls for data retention laws	Computerworld	Hamish Barwick	1 Aug 2012
Who watches the Watchmen?	Benevolent Menticide (Blog)	@Simbera	31 July 2012
Why is Anonymous hacking Australia?	The Conversation	Mark Gregory	31 July 2012
Data retention no big deal for us: Telstra	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	30 July 2012
The politics of data retention	ZDNet	Stilgherrian	29 July 2012
Intelligence watchdog tracking new powers	Sydney Morning Herald	Dylan Welch	28 July 2012
If Nicola Roxon doesn’t believe in her own policy, why should we?	The Conversation	Bruce Arnold	25 July 2012
Ludlam: government paying "lip service" on data retention proposals	Computerworld	Stephanie McDonald	24 July 2012
Hypothetical: news from a national security future	Crikey	Bernard Keane	23 July 2012
Surveillance and Intelligence-gathering	Essential Vision		23 July 2012
National Security Inquiry - Discussion Paper Summary	The Republic of Rob (Blog)		22 July 2012
Own Goal?	barnold law (Blog)	Bruce Arnold	21 July 2012
Data trail easy to follow for Big Brother	Sydney Morning Herald	Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb	21 July 2012
Roxon questions plan to track users' web history	The Age	Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb	21 July 2012
Spy in the machine	The Age	Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb	21 July 2012
Australia Wants To Join The Snooper's Club: Why That's Bad For All Of Us	Techdirt	Glyn Moody	20 July 2012
ASIO's getting the keys to your computer	Sydney Morning Herald (Blunt Instrument)	John Birmingham	19 July 2012
You’ve got mail. ASIO wants to read it. All of it.	The Punch	Andrew Baker	19 July 2012
Be sceptical of vague new 'national security' powers	ABC: The Drum	Chris Berg	17 July 2012
Australian Government Moves to Expand Surveillance Powers	EFF	Rebecca Bowe	17 July 2012
New surveillance powers akin to ‘China, Iran’	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	16 July 2012
The Surveillance State Tunes In	New Matilda	Mark Newton	16 July 2012
Australian Goverment Mulls Allowing Authorities to Hack Your Computer	ZeroPaid	Drew Wilson	16 July 2012
Why has the Right gone missing on the surveillance state?	Crikey	Bernard Keane	13 July 2012
Spies must make a case for access to net data	Sydney Morning Herald	Editorial/Opinion	13 July 2012
Proposed National Security changes are a threat to civil liberties and privacy	EFA	jlawrence	13 July 2012
Watching the detectives: the case for restricting access to your social media data	The Conversation	Bruce Arnold	13 July 2012
Govt defends need to snoop on online and phone records	News.com.au	AAP	12 July 2012
The incompatibility of Attorney General values and the internet-era world	ABC	Nick Ross	12 July 2012
Why Data Retention is a Bad Thing	GeordieGuy.com (Blog)	Geordie Guy	12 July 2012
New web spy powers: for and against	Sydney Morning Herald	Ben Grubb	12 July 2012
Every click you make, they'll be watching	The Age	Dylan Welch	12 July 2012
Spies seek access to internet data Incl video with Jon Lawrence, EFA	ABC		12 July 2012
Email Responses Regarding National Security Inquiry	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	12 July 2012
Australia Follows U.S., U.K. in Proposing Radical Expansion of Government Surveillance Powers	Slate	Ryan Gallagher	11 July 2012
Pirate Party Demands Extension of Submission Deadline for National Security Inquiry	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	10 July 2012
National Security review – speak up now	Greens Press Release	Scott Ludlum	10 July 2012
“Systematic erosion of privacy”: Parliament launches surveillance review	Delimiter	Renai LeMay	10 July 2012
Government unveils huge wishlist of new surveillance powers	Crikey	Bernard Keane	10 July 2012
Ludlam: OzLog a "dodgy premise"	Computerworld	Scott Ludlam	04 June 2012
Demand your liberties before they are taken	ABC: The Drum	Greg Barns	10 May 2012
Roxon goes public on data retention	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	4 May 2012
Oz asks how much personal data should telcos keep?	The Register (UK)	Simon Sharwood	4 May 2012
Inside Australia's data retention proposal	ZDNet	Ben Grubb	16 June 2010
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Extra Video/Audio

RAP NEWS 15: Big Brother is WWWatching You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o66FUc61MvU

Attorney-General's update on the inquiry into potential reforms to national security legislation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8_VHR_mtCQ

LATELINE: Phone, internet data could be kept for 2 years: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-04/phone-internet-data-could-be-kept-for-2-years/4243314

GetUp YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxZ-riGmyo

7:30 Report: Anonymous attack protests web laws, catches innocents: http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3558603.htm

Speeches at Sydney Freedom Not Fear Sept 15th 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ej2f2SjogQ

"War on the Internet" Cryptoparty Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuiDxuVmmQU

Bernard Keane audio message to Cryptoparty: http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty/bernard-keane (rest of Cryptoparty Melbourne audio files here: http://soundcloud.com/cryptoparty/)

Rick Mercer: Rick's Rant: Online Privacy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xfwJ2magpw (Referring to Canada's similar bill)

"Is Big Brother still with us" Breakfast on Radio Adelaide interview with Mark Newton: http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/is-big-brother-still-with-us/

"Is big brother watching you?" Breakfast on Radio Adelaide interview with Greens Senator Scott Ludlam: http://radioadelaidebreakfast.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/is-big-brother-watching-you/

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam questioning ASIO and AFP over National Security Inquiry:
Australian Federal Police at Senate Estimates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT4DwV9WYkU
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) at Senate Estimates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Udb1RO0FE

"For Their Eyes Only" ABC Radio National: Background Briefing http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2012-10-21/4316150

Triple J: Hack story on Data Retention etc: http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/daily/hack_tues_2012_10_30.mp3 <-- 11minutes 15 seconds into file (second story)

Password - The Privacy Snatchers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqlia08gfPY (parody song)

VOX.Y.Z vox pop on proposed changes to national security laws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLeBPz1XjAs

Why Privacy Matters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsG-UoZnPTo Privacy International asked lawyers, activists, researchers and hackers at Defcon 2012 about some of the debates that thrive at the intersection between law, technology and privacy. We also wanted to know why privacy matters to them, and what they thought the future of privacy looked like. This video is a result of those conversations. Featuring Cory Doctorow, Kade Crockford, Jameel Jaffer, Dan Kaminsky, Chris Soghoian, Marcia Hoffman, Moxie Marlinspike, Phil Zimmerman, Hanni Fakhoury and Eli O.

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam questions AGD over Data Retention (29 May 2013)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOFnKYKHUBs
http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/content/estimates/attorney-generals-department-data-retention

Immersion: Beneath the surface
http://vimeo.com/69464265
Visualising Metadata

Notes on the Terms of Reference and Discussion paper

This section was intended as a rough setting out of ideas in order to assist people in writing their own submissions. We were not permitted to share the actual Pirate Party submission text prior to the publication of said submission by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security. Now that submissions have been formally published we suggest you look at the actual Pirate Party submission: https://pirateparty.org.au/2012/08/24/pirate-party-releases-national-security-inquiry-submission/ or peruse some of the other 200 submissions here: http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/subs.htm

The notes are laid out based on the 6 page Terms of Reference (ToR) found here.

Notes from the discussion paper will follow the points in the ToR to make submission writing easier.

Areas of proposed changes

Introduction

(From the Discussion paper) Security services claim new powers are needed because:

They claim to have foiled 4 attacks on Australian soil since 2001.

Organised Crime.

To combat espionage from foreign powers.

Claims Law enforcement needs to keep up in a technological arms race.

"Australia’s telecommunications landscape continues to evolve, it is appropriate and timely to consider how best to manage risks to the data carried and stored on our telecommunications infrastructure to secure its availability and integrity in the long term."

Criticism

The current surveillance powers available to security agencies were able to foil four terrorist attacks since 2001. It would stand to reason that their current powers are adequate if they are able to stop terrorists already.

Deploying invasive surveillance measures to fight the so-called technological arms race with criminals results in the privacy and rights of Australian citizens to be eroded year after year. Whist some changes are necessary to adjust to the move of communications online, many measures that have been passed by the last two governments already overstep the boundaries of what is acceptable in a liberal democracy and what is proposed is the most serious assault on Australians' civil liberties to date.

Forcing ISP's to store everyone's browsing history, email data and social media histories is the largest emerging threat to the privacy of Australian citizens and businesses. Creating such a central repository will become a holy grail for criminal organisations who can use the very private data of Australians for blackmail, fraud and identity theft.

1. Relevant Acts:

a) Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

b) Telecommunications Act 1997

c) Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

d) Intelligence Services Act 2001

2. Consider effectiveness of proposals. The inquiry should ensure that Intelligence and Security agencies can adapt to changing technologies, can co-operate effectively and provide enhanced security to the tele-communications sector.

Criticism

The proposals in regard to dealing with 'the challenges of new and emerging technologies upon agencies’ capabilities' are all one way; the proposals strip citizens of their basic rights to grant more power to Intelligence agencies.

Enhancing the ability of security services to co-operate has merit. Issues may arise where, due to the differing responsibilities and vested powers of various agencies become a method to work around some of the checks and balances protecting Australians from undue surveillance.

3. The committee should have regard to:

a) The need to protect the privacy and civil rights of individuals, proportionate to national security

Criticism There is no demonstrated need for Intelligence agencies to gain wide-sweeping powers over the private information of Australian citizens. The powers requested, especially in the Areas of Consideration (2 years mandatory data retention and the loss of the right to remain silent in regards to decryption for E.G.) are contrary to any measure of civil liberties and are powers that are usually the hallmark of oppressive regimes.

Blanket data retention has a serious negative impact on the communications of citizens. Studies into the German data retention regime before it was declared illegal show a clear impact on communications of German citizens. A poll of 1000 German citizens showed that one in 19 people had refrained from making communication due to the data retention regime. This resulted in people not communicating on a range of issues where privacy is required for communications to occur, including victims of sexual assault, people communicating in confidence with their Lawyers, requesting counseling services, health services, confidential business negotiations, providing information to Journalists.

Fear of data leaks is justified with widespead loss of confidential data by the very organisations the proposed system plans to empower to manage the data. Recently ASIO and ISPs have both lost Australians' private data. Systematic abuses have occured with other government agencies in the past, such as the widespread abuse of customer data by Centrelink Staff. Data retention resulted in employees at the telco T-Mobile selling 17 million sets of private customer data including private phone numbers of politicians, business heads and celebrities.

b) Limit costs to ISPs and flow on effect to consumers

Criticism Mandatory data retention will be a costly exercise in over-collection of data that will result in consumers paying extra to their ISP's for Intelligence services having the right to pore over their personal information at leisure.

c) reduction of efficiency of law enforcement and intelligence due to changing technology

4. The committee needs to take into account a broad range of stakeholders, through public, in camera and classified hearings.

This will give rise to mistrust in the deliberations of PJCIS. If classified hearings are used to justify the proposed assault on Australians' civil liberties it will create mistrust in the Australian public who, according to the Sydney Morning Herald are almost united in their opposition to increased surveillance powers online.

5. Objectives PJCIS must report on 3 issues:

- Modernising lawful communications access for security services.

- Minimising risks to Australia's communications infrastructure by foreign powers.

- Enhancing operational capacity of Intelligence agencies.

Three 'layers' of proposals:

- A That the government wishes to progress.

- B That the government is considering progressing

- C That the government directly seeks the opinion of PJCIS

A The Government is wishing to progress the following proposals:

In the Telecommunications (Intercept and Access) Act 1979 (TIA)

N.B. For some reason the TIA Act recommendations in the Discussion Paper are not split into the three categories of 'wishing to progress', 'considering' or 'seeking opinion'. Will base the sections off the details of the ToR.

Strengthening Privacy protections by considering the Acts

- Privacy objectives

- Proportionality tests for Warrants

- Mandatory record keeping

- Oversight

Criticism Whilst the ToR refers to strengthening privacy protections the discussion paper is singing a different tune.

The discussion paper implies due to the expansion of information people put online, there is a lower expectation of privacy. There is an expectation that data put on social media sites like Facebook will only be viewable by friends. People have control over what they share, and with whom. Allowing more widespread privacy invasion will create pressure for people to share less because they will not be able to know who could access the data.

It claims data retention is a cheap and effective crime fighting tool, citing the 2011 TIA report which stated:

"In 2010‐2011 there were 2441 arrests, 3168 prosecutions (2848 for serious offences) and 2034 convictions (1854 for serious offences) based on lawfully intercepted material.2 Law enforcement agencies made 91 arrests, 33 prosecutions and obtained 33 convictions based on evidence obtained under stored communications warrants.

The proposal to push surveillance costs onto ISPs may be good for the governments bottom line, it will push up prices for Australian citizens, effectively forcing them to pay for the privilege to be spied on.

The current threshold allowing access to telecommunications intercepts is crimes with punishment set at seven years in the TIA Act. The paper recommends reducing this to three years citing child exploitation crimes as justification (as the sentences are not long enough to allow intercepts). In other legislation regarding surveillance (E.G. Surveillance Devices Act) the three year minimum is already in place. We believe the seven year threshold should be applied to other Acts as it seems to be a fair limitation. With crimes involving child exploitation the law could be toughened, or if such a proposal causes that law to become unreasonably draconian, a specific exception made.

In the Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation 1979

5. a) Change definition of computer.

b) Grant the Attorney General the power to vary terms of a Warrant and to extend the maximum warrant from 90 days to 6 months.

Criticism Warrants require Judicial oversight as each investigation into an Australian citizen is an invasion of their privacy. Extending the length, or focus of a Warrant requires a competent Judicial Authority to make such grave decisions and should not be made lightly or as a matter of course, but only after sufficient justification is provided.

(ASIO cont'd) 6. Modernise pay structure.

Intelligence Services Act 2001

Allow Defense Imagery and Geo-spacial Organisation to share data with approved organisations.

B Issues the Government is Considering Progressing

TIA Act 1979

8. Streamlining the Lawful access to communications regime to include a single Telecommunications Intercept (TI) Warrant.

Criticism There is some need to streamline the number of types of Warrants available to Intelligence services. The issue with a single wide ranging Warrant is the risk that any investigation resulting in privacy invasion may destroy a suspects privacy beyond any reasonable proportionality to what they are suspected of. If broader powers outlined below are granted, such as granting the ability to go through social media accounts there is opportunity for widespread abuse.

9. Modernising Industry Assistance Framework.

a. Implement detailed requirements for industry interception obligations

b. extend the regulatory regime to ancillary service providers not currently covered by the legislation

c. implement a three‐tiered industry participation model

Criticism Again there is a push from this paper to push surveillance costs onto service providers, which in turn pass these onto consumers.

'Ancillary providers' refer to social media platforms, news sites etc. This level of surveillance is severely invasive. Equivalent in the real world through executing a search warrant that includes opening mail and tapping phonecalls. Such access needs to be given the strictest oversight and only be engaged when serious crimes are committed. Broad-reaching 'fishing expeditions' need to be rejected. In the US Law enforcement have instigated such expeditions on Twitter Hashtags that have even caught Australian commenter tweets in the dragnet.

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

10. Amending the ASIO Act to create an authorised intelligence operations scheme. This will provide ASIO officers and human sources with protection from criminal and civil liability for certain conduct in the course of authorised intelligence operations.

The discussion paper states that this is the same powers as currently granted to Federal undercover agents, namely they are covered in the case they carry out a crime they are investigating, it clearly states they are not covered if they encourage the crime in any way, so entrapment concerns are allayed.

Criticism Just a general opposition to expansion of police powers in any form.

11. Amending the ASIO Act to modernise and streamline ASIO’s warrant provisions to:

a. Establish a named person warrant enabling ASIO to request a single warrant specifying multiple (existing) powers against a single target instead of requesting multiple warrants against a single target.

b. Align surveillance device provisions with the Surveillance Devices Act 2007

c. Enable the disruption of a target computer for the purposes of a computer access warrant

In Section 25a of the ASIO Act, ASIO is forbidden to do anything that "that adds, deletes or alters data or interferes with, interrupts, or obstructs the lawful use of the target computer by other persons." The proposal is to add the phrase "activity proportionate to what is necessary to execute the warrant."

d. Enable person searches to be undertaken independently of a premises search

I.E. Allow search warrants to be written targeting a suspect rather than a premises

e. Establish classes of persons able to execute warrants

ASIO currently needs to name officers carrying out an arrest, this would make it possible for the Director General to assign arrest powers to groups within ASIO rather than needing to list arresting officers on each warrant.

Criticism A 'named person Warrant,' when applied with other proposed powers in the discussion paper, could result in repeated harassment of a suspect for up to six months at a time.

Allowing disruption of computers for other users of a system would result in unnecessary loss of civilian data, for EG if servers containing information relating to a case are owned by a data storage company, multiple users would store data unknowingly on a server with people under investigation, which could then be seized or otherwise interrupted in the course of an investigation. This could cause untold economic disruption should critical information be inadvertently seized.

C Issues the Government is Expressly seeking the opinion of the PJCIS

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

14. Reforming the Lawful Access Regime

A expanding the basis of interception activities

Criticism This is not spelled out in any detail later, so there is not much to go on. With over 200,000 Warrants issued every year for telecommunication intercepts this power is already used too widely. Expanding the basis for which communications interceptions could be used would only increase this number by several orders of magnitude. The concept of innocent until proven guilty would be completely thrown out of the window as the entire population would be treated as suspects.

15 Modernising Industry Assistance Framework

A Establish an offence for failure to decrypt

B Institute industry response timelines

C tailored data retention periods for up to 2 years for parts of a data set, with specific timeframes taking into account agency priorities, and privacy and cost impacts

Critique A This is an assault on the right to remain silent. It is currently the right of a defendant to defend themselves including invoking the right to remain silent during questioning and it is up to the Law enforcement agency to prove guilt. Forcing a suspect to hand over security passwords etc. is forcing them to answer questions. This changes the very nature of the Judicial system and needs to be resisted.

This is a serious danger to journalists who must protect sources in order to uncover the corruption of the powerful, as well as other professionals where privacy is an important part of the relationship with the client, such as Lawyers and Doctors.

Critique C The mandatory collection of the Internet history, email contacts and social media posts and interactions is a gross invasion of the privacy of every Australian. There is a demonstrated chilling effect on the private communications of people subjected to such regimes (one in 19 Germans avoided searching for data due to the now abandoned surveillance regime established there, see above). The fear of this data being uncovered is justified due to the almost continuous stream of data breaches occuring among the major Telcos, including Telstra and AAPT. The scope for such personal information to be used for blackmail is as wide as the imagination.

The cost of storing the data would be massive and could effectively prohibit new start-ups from trying to enter the ISP market as the storage costs alone would make initial costs exorbitant. The added costs to existing ISPs and Telcos would be passed onto consumers adding yet one more pressure to the cost of living.

16. Amending the Telecommunications Act

Amending the Telecommunications Act to address security and resilience risks posed to the telecommunications sector. This would be achieved by:

A By instituting obligations on the Australian telecommunications industry to protect their networks from unauthorised interference

B By instituting obligations to provide Government with information on significant business and procurement decisions and network designs 10 Equipping Australia against emerging and evolving threats 2012

C Creating targeted powers for Government to mitigate and remediate security risks with the costs to be borne by providers

D Creating appropriate enforcement powers and pecuniary penalties

Criticism There needs to be serious penalties for failure to disclose data breaches. If peoples data gets compromised it is vital that they can take measures to defend their information from further exposure by changing passwords, backing up data, cancelling credit cards etc. This applies to any government agency handling private data as well as the private sphere.

17 Modernise and Streamline ASIO Arrest Warrants.

A Use of third party computers and communications in transit.

B Incidental Entry

C Use of force

D Evidentiary Certificates

Use of third party computers and communications in transit Criticism Accessing 3rd party computers to intercept communications could result in a multitude of problems for the third party. A private citizens' privacy is invaded by the secret police, the psychological effect of having ASIO agents using your computer for any reason would result in fear of discussing personal information openly and freely, and the operation of their computer is diminished by the installation of monitoring software. Businesses such as social media platforms would be required to give ASIO access to their data through terminals which would potentially also give the agent access to every other account on their system.

Allows ASIO officers to enter third party premises to execute a Warrant (either physical or computer Warrant).

Incidental Entry Criticism This needs to be done with the knowledge of the third party or it amounts to a serious invasion of their privacy.

Use of force Criticism The wording of this section makes it difficult to discern what is being proposed. If the specific power is intended to give ASIO agents the power to use necessary force to make an arrest, it is a reasonable clarification to make for arrests that occur after evidence is found during a search. If this power is intended for any other purpose it could amount to a permission to torture suspects.

Evidentiary Certificates Criticism An Evidentiary Cerificate gives an authorised officer the ability to represent another Officer in a legal matter, including cross-examination. This weakens the defendants ability to face justice as they would be unable to cross-examine their accusers, only a legalised representative of their accusers. Where this is already in place it needs to be repealed.

18 Amending the Intelligence Services Act 2001

A Grants Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) the power to investigate Australian Citizens who are suspected of espionage and counter-espionage for a foreign power.

B All foreign spy agencies (ASIS, Defense Imagery Geospacial Organisation (DIGO), and Defense Signals Directorate (DSD)) are to be granted the power to investigate Australian citizens when assisting ASIO.

C ASIS to be empowered to train informants in weapons and self defence.

Criticism Section 9 1A of the Intelligence Services Act gives the Minister permission to order investigations on Australian citizens when they have committed a crime with a minimum penalty of one year gaol. The wide array of crimes include activities as minor as Intellectual Property crimes and illegally broadcasting information. The definition of 'serious crime' would be laughable if it didnt mean that in conjunction with proposals in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement which is currently under negotiation, that Intelligence Agencies vcould be ordered to chase the sale of generic medicines or pirated DVDs from overseas.

The powers granted to ASIS could be construed as being able to be used to investigate Journalist organisations like Wikileaks.

Giving ASIS the power to train informants and other non-agents is extremely troubling. This would give the organisation the mandate to train geurilla armies, insurgent forces and other organisations. Australian citizens would be horrified if it were discovered the government, through ASIS were waging dirty wars against foreign governments. Any move in this direction, such as this proposal, must be rejected in the strongest terms.

[pjcis1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/index.htm

[c1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/10/government-unveils-huge-wishlist-of-new-surveillance-powers/

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Police databases have major security flaws	The Age	Lucy Battersby	14 Sep 2012
Some of our anti-terrorism laws are well past their use-by date	Sydney Morning Herald	George Williams	14 Aug 2012
Lawyer's suspicions spy agency listened to client calls proven right (Canada)	The Vancouver Sun	Colin Perkel	8 Aug 2012
The Cybersecurity Act was a surveillance bill in disguise (USA Bill)	The Guardian	Mark M. Jaycox	2 Aug 2012
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Diggers' personal details released in email	ABC		19 July 2012
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Ten years of anti-terror laws	ABC	Sarah Collerton	12 Sept 2011
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The Surveillance State Takes Friendly Fire	New Yorker	Patrick Radden Keefe	13 Nov 2012
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Report: FBI investigation into CIA chief's email "started with two women," not Petraeus	Boing Boing	Xeni Jardin	10 Nov 2012

Article title	Source	Author	Date
Austria court finds EU data retention plan violates EU privacy law	Jurist	Jerry Votava	21 Dec 2012
European Union Data Retention Directive	Directive 2006/24/EC	EUR-Lex	15 March 2006
EU Authorities: Implementation of Net Surveillance Directive Is Unlawful	EFF	Katitza Rodriguez	15 July 2010
German Decision: Data Retention Unconstitutional	European Digital Rights	EDRI	10 March 2010
German Court Strikes Blow Against EU Data Retention Regime	EU Observer	Honor Mahoney	3 March 2010
Czech Republic: Constitutional Court Overturns Parts of Data Retention Law	Library of the US Congress	Library of Congress	4 January 2011
German Data Retention Effectiveness Report [pdf]	http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/		26 January 2011
Wiki analysing German Data Retention Effectiveness Report	http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/
German Study Finds The Data Retention Ineffective	EDRI	EDRI	9 Feb 2011
Germany's data retention law ruled unconstitutional over privacy concerns	out-law	out-law

Article title	Source	Author	Date
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Glenn Carle: The Interrogator Audio. Radio Interview: Ex CIA spy Glenn Carle—'the interrogator'—talks to Paul Barclay about a top secret operation that went dreadfully wrong. An alleged al Qaeda kingpin terrorist was incarcerated for eight years, and subjected to what most of us would call torture, then released without charge, without apology, his life in ruins. All along, without success, Carle tried to convince the CIA they had the wrong man.	ABC: Radio National	Paul Barclay	6 Jan 2013
Interns access private data	National Times.	Natalie O'Brien	6 Jan 2013
Female Cop Gets $1 Million After Colleagues Trolled Database to Peek at Her Pic	Wired	Kim Zetter	6 Nov 2012
Terror raids followed the outing of ASIO informer	Sydney Morning Herald	Dylan Welch and Daniel Oakes	14 Sep 2012
ASIO terror case texts posted on Facebook	Sydney Morning Herald	Dylan Welch, Daniel Oakes	14 Sep 2012
Bugging bombshell as secret files revealed	Sydney Morning Herald	Neil Mercer	9 Sep 2012
State's first consorting verdict is overturned	Sydney Morning Herald	Stephen Jeffery	15 August 2012
The curious case of Timothy Byrnes, ASIO and the National Security Hotline	Sydney Morning Herald	Philip Dorling	26 July 2012
ASIO treatment of Tamil defended in High Court	Sydney Morning Herald	Michael Gordon and Daniel Flitton	19 June 2012
Police phone intercepts 'an appalling abuse of power'	The Australian	Stuart Rintoul	4 June 2011
Asylum seekers and ASIO's abuse of power	ABC: The Drum	Michael Head	8 July 2010
Judge says ASIO officers kidnapped, intimidated terrorism suspect	ABC: Lateline	Leigh Sales	12 Nov 2007
The Four Corners of Crime and Corruption	ABC: Four Corners	(Collection of Videos of 4 Corners reports)
Even bystanders feel building watchdog's bite He was an innocent witness to a minor scuffle, but he was interrogated for hours. The law forbids him from telling his story, and we cannot name him nor show his face. This is happening in Australia...	Sydney Morning Herald	Andrew West	15 Dec 2007

National Security Inquiry

Contents

Introduction

Media Articles, Links and Resources related to the National Security Inquiry

Pirate Party items

Related Links

Other groups flyers and/or related links

Committee Hearings

Other Events

Data Retention Details

Relevant Acts

Directly Related Media Articles, Press releases and/or Blogposts etc

Post Report articles

Post submission due date articles

Pre submission due date articles

Extra Video/Audio

Other Links

Other Related Articles

The Petraeus thing

Anonymous ISP Hack Related

Canadian Spy Issue

Data Retention in EU

ASIC and Section 313

Overreach/Incompetence/Abuse of Power/Mistakes etc

Telstra Privacy Fails, etc

The PRISM, NSA Surveillance, Verizon and Edward Snowden issue

Notes on the Terms of Reference and Discussion paper

A The Government is wishing to progress the following proposals:

B Issues the Government is Considering Progressing

C Issues the Government is Expressly seeking the opinion of the PJCIS

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Australia, Canada 'primary spy targets'	The Age	Philip Dorling	26 July 2012
Foreign spy 'stole' Australian secrets	The Age	Philip Dorling	25 July 2012
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Website Blocking - the Plot Thickens	EFA	Jon Lawrence	31 May 2013
Conroy calls for transparency on s313 website blocking	EFA	Jon Lawrence	28 May 2013
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ASIC 'stuff up' marks return of internet filter - experts	News.com.au	Claire Porter	17 May 2013
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ASIC Censorship Wholly Irresponsible and Reckless	Pirate Party Australia	Pirate Party Australia	16 May 2013
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Article title	Source	Author	Date
Hardcoded passwords leave Telstra routers wide open Hardcoded usernames and passwords have been discovered in a recent line of Telstra broadband routers that could allow attackers access to customer networks.	SC Magazine	Darren Pauli	13 Nov 2012
Telstra offers opt-in customer internet tracking	ZDNet	Josh Taylor	5 Nov 2012
Telstra and privacy breaches	peteraclarke.com.au (blog)	Peter A Clarke	10 July 2012
Two podcasts on Telstra’s web monitoring ultragaffe	Stilgherrian (blog)	Stilgherrian	8 July 2012
'Customer privacy is not negotiable': Telstra boss admits leaking customer data	Sydney Morning Herald	Peter A Clarke	6 July 2012
Telstra shows worrying lack of concern for customer data	EFA	jlawrence	28 June 2012
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