The passage of Australia’s data retention regime: national security, human rights, and media scrutiny
In 2015, the Australian government passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act, which requires ISPs to collect metadata about their users and store this metadata for two years. From its conception, Australia’s data retention scheme has been controversial. I...
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| description | In 2015, the Australian government passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act, which requires ISPs to collect metadata about their users and store this metadata for two years. From its conception, Australia’s data retention scheme has been controversial. In this article we examine how public interest concerns were addressed in Australian news media during the Act’s passage. The Act was ultimately passed with bipartisan support, despite serious deficiencies. We show how the Act’s complexity seemed to limit engaged critique in the mainstream media and how fears over terrorist attacks were exploited to secure the Act’s passage through parliament. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e32e4e7bf5d471680ae64115182982f2025-08-20T02:03:14ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752017-03-016110.14763/2017.1.454The passage of Australia’s data retention regime: national security, human rights, and media scrutinyNicolas Suzor0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3029-0646Kylie Pappalardo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3367-8160Natalie McIntosh2Queensland University of TechnologyQueensland University of TechnologyQueensland University of TechnologyIn 2015, the Australian government passed the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act, which requires ISPs to collect metadata about their users and store this metadata for two years. From its conception, Australia’s data retention scheme has been controversial. In this article we examine how public interest concerns were addressed in Australian news media during the Act’s passage. The Act was ultimately passed with bipartisan support, despite serious deficiencies. We show how the Act’s complexity seemed to limit engaged critique in the mainstream media and how fears over terrorist attacks were exploited to secure the Act’s passage through parliament.https://policyreview.info/node/454Data retentionHuman rightsMediaMetadataSecurityPublic interest |
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