Ricky Muir (Victoria, Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. Attorney, given that the NBN Co will become the largest wholesale provider of internet based services, including voice-over-IP telephone services, and that most of the internet traffic in Australia will be routed via this provider, and given that the NBN Co is a wholly owned Commonwealth company, a government business enterprise, and is represented by shareholder ministers, the Minister for Communications and the Minister for Finance, what is to prevent the NBN Co or any other internet service provider retaining customer data beyond the scope of the definition of 'metadata' in the metadata retention bill?