The Queensland Police Service says that there is a case for extending from 24 months to seven years the length that telcos need to retain ‘metadata’ to comply with Australia’s data retention regime.
Education minister Dan Tehan says a new taskforce intended to combat “foreign interference” in universities will include a cyber security working group.
Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton has said that he doesn’t support an expansion of the Australian Signals Directorate’s mandate to include “spying” within Australia, but has called for a “sensible discussion” of a domestic role for the ASD.
A Five Eyes meeting concluded yesterday with a series of resolutions on the internet, cyber security, encryption and countering foreign interference.
Local telcos are set to come under increased scrutiny thanks to new national security laws passed by the Federal Government.
The Government hopes to adopt a carrot first, stick second type of approach to its proposed encryption crackdown laws.
Proposed legislation to implement the government’s Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) has received bipartisan support.
The Australian public’s concern about security issues is the highest it has been in the last 10 years, according to research.
The amendments, now before a Senate committee, aim to broaden ASIO’s role to collecting “foreign intelligence” for the ASIS and the DSD, which could include spying on groups such as WikiLeaks and any people in Australia associated with it on behalf of the two spy organisations.
