Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Attorney-General, Senator Cash. Late yesterday evening it was reported that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security had struck a compromise deal on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018, yet there is still no publicly available information on the substance of this deal. The Department of Home Affairs has received over 15,000 submissions on this bill, yet the government endorsed it and subsequently introduced it without change, referring it to the intelligence and security committee. The committee has received hundreds of submissions speaking to the critical failings of the bill and the consequences, intended or otherwise, of it, yet there have been no significant changes made. When will the details of the deal struck be made publicly available?