Senate debates

Wednesday, 25 March 2015

Bills

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015; In Committee

10:28 pm

Photo of Jacinta CollinsJacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I might use the remaining time to indicate that Labor believes the current warrants regime protecting journalists is sufficient. I would like to note at this stage in the discussion that the journalist-source relationship is distinct from other professional relationships protected at law in that the very fact of contact between a source and a journalist is at the core of the protected confidence.

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