Australian Parliament looks set to pass \'bugging\' legislation
Publish date: 03 December 2004
Issue Number: 1231
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Labour
In Australia, controversial legislation allowing law enforcement agencies to access e-mail, SMS and voicemail communications looks set to pass parliament with Labour support, reports The Age.
Opposition justice spokesman Joe Ludwig said Labour would support the Bill now that the government had undertaken to conduct a full review of the Telecommunications Interception Act. But both the Australian Democrats and Greens continued to oppose the Bill on the grounds that it intruded excessively on privacy. Full report in The Age
