The Attorney-General’s Department has yet again changed its story on how it developed a proposal to store Australians’ internet and telecommunications data.
In a remarkable development, the Attorney-General’s Department has again sought to correct evidence it gave to Senate Estimates several months ago in relation to its handling of the data retention issue.
As Crikey reported at the time, evidence presented by AGD officers to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in May in response to questions from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam didn’t match what we knew about the department’s efforts to develop a proposal to impose a compulsory data retention régime on Australian ISPs and telcos, under which Australians’ internet usage and telecommunications data would have been stored for future investigation.