Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I would be interested in hearing from the minister anything more he can describe to us about the level of access ASIO and the AFP will have. At estimates there was an indication that they would only require a search warrant in some circumstances, that in other circumstances they would be able to trawl through the database. If the minister is able to clarify that for the Senate, that would be appreciated. Then perhaps the minister could inform the Senate whether there is any other country that has this form of national ID database, where police are able to trawl through that database and access the information provided in that database, and what mechanisms they have for whether they need a warrant or can simply trawl through the database. That would be appreciated.