George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Xenophon, the legislation does not provide for a mandatory obligation on telecommunications service providers to provide that information to consumers. They may, of course, if they choose to do so, and I sought to explain in answer to your initial question the reasons why there are no such mandatory obligations. There are—and I pointed this out a moment ago—very extensive oversight and reporting requirements not merely in relation to data stored offshore but in relation to all data, whether stored offshore or onshore, to protect the security of all data.