ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE – AUSTRALIA

Chinese-made cameras found in 88 MPs’ offices

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Original article by Ellen Whinnett
The Australian – Page: 4 : 15-Feb-23

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has sought security advice on a potential government-wide ban on surveillance cameras made by Hikvision and Dahua, which are both partly owned by the Chinese Communist Party. An audit has found that up to 1,000 cameras and other devices may have been installed across 250 federal government sites. This includes 122 devices that have been installed in the electorate offices of 88 federal MPs and senators. A Department of Finance spokesman has advised that Chinese-made surveillance cameras in electorate offices are being replaced as a precautionary measure.

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, COMMUNIST PARTY (CHINA), HIKVISION, DAHUA

Terror failings ‘expose data flaws’

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Original article by Jared Owens
The Australian – Page: 2 : 13-Jan-15

Australian Attorney-General George Brandis claims it is "urgent" for telcos to be required to keep customers’ telephone and internet records for a minimum of two years. Critics of the Government’s data retention proposals say the Sydney siege and Paris terrorism attacks show that the reforms cannot safeguard people against extremists. Senator Scott Ludlam of the Australian Greens points out that the authorities were familiar with the perpetrators in both Sydney and Paris

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION