stephen_g 4 hours ago

That wasn't in the original bill and it was only amended to add that yesterday, because it wouldn't get past the Conservative (Liberal/National Party) whose votes they needed to ram it through Parliament with almost no scrutiny otherwise (the hastily drafted bill only having been introduced the Friday before the final sitting week of the year).

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plagiarist 3 hours ago

That's more of the sort of behavior one expects from legislators making broad surveillance apparatuses under guise of protecting children on the internet.