Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in my first answer, the Attorney-General’s Department has been consulting broadly with industry in relation to availability of this data for both law enforcement purposes and national security purposes. Obviously consultation indicates precisely that, and I think the senator’s question really goes to what the final detail of any proposal would indicate. It is vital that any data retention regime strikes the correct balance between individual privacy, commercial imperatives and community expectation that unlawful behaviour is investigated and prosecuted.