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Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law

  • Written by Genna Churches, PhD Candidate, UNSW

After watching this year’s media raids and the prosecution of lawyers and whistleblowers, it’s not hard to see why Australians wonder about excessive police power and dwindling journalistic freedom.

But these problems are compounded by another, less known issue: police, and other bodies not even involved in law enforcement, have broad...

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