Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Fielding. We do seem to have jumped a fraction from the initial substance of the question—which I thought did go to privacy, which is within Minister O'Connor's portfolio, which deals with privacy reform—to an issue which now is subsumed within the Attorney-General's portfolio, dealing with the AFP and how to effectively close this particular loophole. In looking at this issue, I am not aware of it having been raised two years ago in Senate estimates. However, if it has been, I will certainly ask the Attorney-General's portfolio to have a look at Senate estimates and to examine the issue that you have raised and provide an explanation, to the extent that they are able to, as to the work that they are conducting. In and around what I think you have identified is an issue where people with— (Time expired)