Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Capricornia for her question. The safety of our community is the first duty of government and that means giving our police and security agencies the powers they need to keep our people safe. It means giving them access to the information they need to do their job. As I am sure most members now know, telecommunications metadata—or data about data—is the vital ingredient in almost all serious crime investigations. I am advised by the Australian Federal Police that between July and September last year metadata was used in 100 per cent of cybercrime investigations—

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