Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act requires that the overseeing Minister (currently the Attorney-General), as soon as practicable after 30 June each year, cause to be prepared a written report on the operation of the Act that relates to the year ending on that 30 June,

(ii) the report contains critical information on law enforcement access to Australians' telecommunications data which is directly pertinent to the Parliament's consideration of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill,

(iii) for the past 3 years, this report has been tabled in November or December each year, and

(iv) the Government has not yet tabled the report for the year ended 30 June 2014; and

(b) there be laid on the table by the Attorney-General, no later than noon on Thursday, 19 March 2015, the report on the operation of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act for the year ended 30 June 2014.