Greens push one-year cap on police hacking powers


The Greens hold “significant concerns” with plans to extend the life of controversial police hacking powers for another three years without the stronger safeguards proposed by the national security watchdog.

The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) last year recommended the “extraordinary and invasive” powers only continue beyond September if drastic changes to the warrant issuing system were made by the government.

All three warrants, which allow the Australian Federal …

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