Tag: Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

Gig Guide: Clean Energy Regulator finds new leader

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Tony Chappel will depart the NSW Environmental Protection Authority to lead the federal Clean Energy Regulator (CER), one of a raft of senior public sector changes this week. Mr...

Govt moves to repeal ACIC’s data disruption powers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has moved to repeal laws granting the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission sweeping powers to disrupt criminal networks and harvest intelligence from online platforms used by organised...

Hacking powers handed out without safeguard, review finds

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Controversial hacking powers handed to authorities in 2021 have never had an effective main safeguard, a statutory review has determined, after finding dozens of warrants are being handed out...

Encryption laws near a ‘significant turning point’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The recent independent national security monitor’s report on Australia’s anti-encryption powers and the ongoing parliamentary inquiry should be a “significant turning point” for the highly controversial legislation, Digital Rights...

Encryption laws need judicial oversight: INSLM

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The power to issue and authorise encryption-busting notices needs to be taken away from agency heads and the government and vested in a new judicial oversight body, the government’s...