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Research shows Australians deeply concerned by Government's spyware legislation

Posted on October 25, 2018 | in Media releases

New research released today by the Alliance for a Safe and Secure Internet shows a majority of Australians are deeply concerned by the Government’s proposed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 – known as the Encryption Bill.

PJCIS hearings on Assistance and Access Bill

Posted on October 20, 2018 | in News

Angus Murray, Dr Suelette Dreyfus and Justin Clacherty appear before the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, to outline civil society concerns with the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018.

Submission to PJCIS on the Assistance and Access Bill 2018

Posted on October 12, 2018 | in Submissions

On 14 August 2018, the Department of Home Affairs released an exposure draft of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018.

Cyber attacks show need for robust encryption

Posted on October 5, 2018 | in Media releases

Revelations by US, UK and Dutch authorities of the targeting of critical cyber systems and infrastructure by foreign nation state actors demonstrates the need for robust cybersecurity at all levels, warned Digital Rights Watch today.

Slow down, stop and listen

Posted on October 2, 2018 | in Media releases , News

Consumers, human rights groups, industry, telcos and technology companies join forces to sound alarm at Government’s spyware legislation

Sleepwalking into a digital dystopia

Posted on September 27, 2018 | in Articles , News

We’re in the midst of a worsening democracy deficit, and you need look no further to see this on full display than within the shambolic process around the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill. This Bill will introduce unprecedented new powers for government and law enforcement, and Coalition politicians are treating the public, and our concerns about it, with utter contempt. The Liberal/National strain of ’tough on crime’ has mutated during the never-ending war on terror, the most recent result being yet another trampling of democratic accountability.