Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I did not actually say 'warrant' for the US. Given the Attorney's enormous regard and respect for former director-general of ASIO David Irvine, does he agree with Mr Irvine's recently expressed concerns over metadata stored in a cloud-based system that it was preferable:

… the cloud hovered over Sydney or Melbourne rather than Shanghai or Bangalore, where it was governed by someone else's sovereign legislative system.

What guarantee can the government give that metadata storage will be in Australia rather than Shanghai, Bangalore or somewhere else overseas?