Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

It's not just the slow delivery of this data that is worrying; it's also the cost, which you have mentioned. In 2022 the Western Australian Commissioner of Police, Col Blanch, revealed telco fees for this crucial data had risen from $600,000 in the 2018-19 financial year to $1 million over a period of 12 months. Tasmania Police said they had spent $90,000 on requests for data from telcos last financial year. The bottom line is that you have a problem here, and I want to know how you're going to fix it. How are you going to fix it? They are obstructionists in an investigation. Your method is not working. How are you going to fix it? (Time expired)