Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his inquiry. There is no requirement in the bill or the amendments that the data be stored inside Australia, although that is obviously a matter of some controversy that is, as I understand it, going to be considered further by the committee. It may well be the subject of an amendment in the Senate. Of course, the honourable member is talking about the lack of consideration of these amendments, but there is another place in which his party is quite amply represented, so there is plenty of scope for this legislation and his party's concerns to be dealt with. So, yes, there is no provision that requires the server hosting that data to be physically located in Australia.

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