Tag: Michaelia Cash

Greens push one-year cap on police hacking powers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...

Government pulls FOI bill after Senate backlash

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Coalition and crossbench senators took a victory lap in federal parliament on Thursday after the government withdrew reforms to freedom of information laws, following months of opposition from politicians...

‘Far from perfect’ face matching laws pass Parliament

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Companies will be able to use face matching systems operated by the federal government to verify a person’s identity after controversial legislation passed Parliament with almost 40 privacy-focused amendments....

Cash’s captain’s pick FOI Commissioner out in a year

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner handpicked by the Morrison government two months before the election has resigned just a year into the job, saying he does not have...

Govt fails to pass ‘landmark’ online privacy reforms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Laws introducing increased penalties for data breaches announced in response to the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal will not be passed before the election despite being announced by the federal...

FOI Commissioner and Archives boss appointed by govt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Long-time government general counsel Leo Hardiman has been appointed as Australia’s Freedom of Information Commissioner, nearly a year after the government began its search. The federal government has also...