Confidential and trusted communications are essential to the ongoing safety, security and efficient use of global Internet communications networks for business, government and personal interactions. Strong encryption technologies are recommended to ensure confidentiality, and to ensure trust by authenticating that communications are really with the desired recipient and are not being hijacked and redirected by an imposter.
This draft legislation clearly needs further work before it can be seriously considered to be ready for passing. The Government and the Australian public needs to recognise the clear potential dangers to the security and privacy of ordinary Australians which this legislation, in its current form, poses.