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Metadata reporting obligations stay as Malcolm Turnbull backs status quo

Government agencies will not be given easier access to Australians’ phone and web data

Published: 7 Nov 2014

Metadata reporting obligations stay as Malcolm Turnbull backs status quo
Dear Bill Shorten: you're the opposition leader, not me. It's time to drop your soft bipartisanship

David Leyonhjelm: I can’t oppose the government alone. Shorten needs to realise that legislator’s remorse doesn’t make up for Labor’s weak opposition to national security creep

Published: 5 Nov 2014

Dear Bill Shorten: you're the opposition leader, not me. It's time to drop your soft bipartisanship
Australian Super Hornets have bombed 14 Isis targets in Iraq

Defence force figures announced as 200 Australian special forces members prepare to move into Iraq

Published: 4 Nov 2014

Australian Super Hornets have bombed 14 Isis targets in Iraq

- George Brandis attempts to reassure reporters – by undermining journalism
  
  Attorney general’s bid to calm fears about his new national security powers shows he does not understand what journalists do, writes Katharine Murphy
  
  Published: 4 Nov 2014
  
  George Brandis attempts to reassure reporters – by undermining journalism
- Shia Muslims chanting ‘down with Isis’ join Ashura procession in Sydney
  
  March participants play down prospect of sectarian tensions a day after a Muslim leader was shot outside a Sydney Islamic centre
  
  Published: 3 Nov 2014
  
  Shia Muslims chanting ‘down with Isis’ join Ashura procession in Sydney
- George Brandis says laws would not catch journalists reporting Edward Snowden leaks
  
  Attorney general appears to contradict previous interpretations of laws that criminalise disclosure of information about ‘special intelligence operations’
  
  Published: 3 Nov 2014
  
  George Brandis says laws would not catch journalists reporting Edward Snowden leaks
- Journalists must be free to hold Asio to account, Kate McClymont says
  
  Investigative reporter delivers Andrew Olle lecture, telling tales of her dealings with Australia’s criminal class
  
  Published: 31 Oct 2014
  
  Journalists must be free to hold Asio to account, Kate McClymont says
- Analysis George Brandis’s ‘safeguard’ fails to ease journalists’ fears
  
  The attorney general would have to decide whether to prosecute journalists for revealing special operations he himself approved
  
  Published: 31 Oct 2014
  
  George Brandis’s ‘safeguard’ fails to ease journalists’ fears
- Journalists' union criticises attorney general's power to prosecute them
  
  That the attorney general would decide whether to prosecute under new security laws ‘gives us no comfort’, says MEAA
  
  Published: 31 Oct 2014
  
  Journalists' union criticises attorney general's power to prosecute them

- Counter-terrorism bank will give cash to combat extremism
  
  Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund grants will back small-scale projects aiming to discourage radicalisation
  
  Published: 30 Oct 2014
  
  Counter-terrorism bank will give cash to combat extremism
- Abbott government agrees to delay data retention bill until next year
  
  Parliament will not vote on the bill to force telcos to store Australians’ metadata until a bipartisan committee reports
  
  Published: 30 Oct 2014
  
  Abbott government agrees to delay data retention bill until next year
- Data retention, Brandis media powers, women in cabinet – as it happened
  
  The day’s developments, including Nova Peris’s statement addressing allegations of misuse of funds and data retention laws. As it happened
  
  Published: 30 Oct 2014
  
  Data retention, Brandis media powers, women in cabinet – as it happened
- Analysis Metadata retention: what will happen to your phone and web records now?
  
  Proposed data retention regime will force internet and phone companies to store web, call and location data for two years – and government agencies won’t need a warrant to access it
  
  Published: 30 Oct 2014
  
  Metadata retention: what will happen to your phone and web records now?
- Edward Snowden lawyer: 'no evidence' data retention prevents terrorist attacks
  
  As Australian government introduces metadata retention bill, lawyer Ben Wizner says retaining data often impedes national security investigations
  
  Published: 30 Oct 2014
  
  Edward Snowden lawyer: 'no evidence' data retention prevents terrorist attacks
- Government will pay telcos and ISPs under metadata retention bill
  
  Malcolm Turnbull introduces bill requiring data storage for two years, saying it is ‘critical’ to security agencies’ operations
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  Government will pay telcos and ISPs under metadata retention bill

- George Brandis: attorney general must approve prosecution of journalists under security laws
  
  Brandis says the idea that new security laws might lead to such prosecutions is a ‘fanciful notion’ that is ‘barely imaginable’
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  George Brandis: attorney general must approve prosecution of journalists under security laws
- Bill Shorten has second thoughts on terrorism laws that could mean jail for journalists
  
  Opposition leader writes to Tony Abbott asking the government to review laws, which were passed with Labor support
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  Bill Shorten has second thoughts on terrorism laws that could mean jail for journalists
- Australians fighting for Isis tracked in Iraq under fresh security proposals
  
  New counter-terrorism bill builds on foreign fighters bill that passed the Senate on Wednesday and legislation increasing intelligence-gathering powers
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  Australians fighting for Isis tracked in Iraq under fresh security proposals
- Man arrested for allegedly trying to grab officer's gun at Victoria parliament
  
  Police say incident was not terrorism related as authorities tighten security in wake of parliament shooting in Canada
  
  Published: 29 Oct 2014
  
  Man arrested for allegedly trying to grab officer's gun at Victoria parliament
- Foreign fighter measures approved as Senate passes counter-terrorism bill
  
  Advocating terrorism is outlawed and overseas conflict zones are in effect no-go zones after security legislation goes through
  
  Published: 28 Oct 2014
  
  Foreign fighter measures approved as Senate passes counter-terrorism bill

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