- Date
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25 Aug 2021
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to: enable the Director-General of Security to apply for a warrant authorising the interception of a communication for the purpose of obtaining foreign intelligence from foreign communications; provide that foreign intelligence information provided in certain circumstances may be used for purposes as approved by the Attorney-General; and make technical amendments; and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to enable the Attorney-General to issue foreign intelligence warrants to collect foreign intelligence on Australians in Australia who are acting for, or on behalf of, a foreign power.