Original article by John Kerin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 12-May-15

The Australian Government’s May 2015 Budget will include additional $A450m in funding for national security initiatives. Some $A131m will be allocated to telcos and ISPs to offset the cost of upgrading their systems in order to retain metadata for up to two years under the Government’s data retention laws. Intelligence agencies will receive a $A296m funding increase.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET