Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

To facilitate proceedings, I move Australian Democrats amendment (1) on sheet 5380:

(1)    Schedule 1, item 6, page 4 (line 24), omit paragraph 5(1)(m).

As senators would be aware from the notes of my speech in the second reading debate, which I am sure they will duly read in retrospect through the Hansard, the Democrats have voiced concerns about the significant privacy implications of this bill. Given the invasion of privacy that we believe this legislation allows, we believe that access should be limited only to those agencies that can justify the vesting of such powers. We believe that CrimTrac is one agency that has been unable to justify being vested with such powers. It is not a law enforcement agency authorised to conduct investigations into suspected offences except in limited circumstances related to spent conviction legislation. Effectively this amendment deletes subclause 5(1)(m) from the proposed bill to remove CrimTrac from the definition of an enforcement agency.