Reaction continues surrounding the cybercrime legislation passed by the House of Representatives last week. The bill enables agencies to request the retention of and access to communications for cybercrime prevention purposes. Some have questioned the ability of Australian law enforcement agencies to enforce the law, and others have asserted that it will "diminish our liberal democracy..." However, in The Sydney Morning Herald, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland rebuked what he described as "alarmist" and "entirely false" assertions that have been made about the legislation. "To suggest that the judiciary will no longer have oversight of access to a citizen's information--through the granting of warrants--is entirely wrong."
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