Senate debates Bills

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


George Brandis

George Brandis Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General

10:52 am

Those provisions were developed in consultation with the security agencies and on the basis of the information that they gave to the PJCIS. Since you raise the matter, Senator, can I reassure you—and I do not know how many times I have to say this—that it is not the purpose of this bill to enable, through a process of third-party discovery, access by civil parties in civil litigation of the kind that you refer to, or at all. This is about facilitating criminal investigations.

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