http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/08/d...t-know-anything-about-how-the-internet-works/
So we are now getting Data Retention. The government monitoring everything you do online.
The interesting thing is that Brandis doesn't seem to know what it does. He doesn't seem to know how the internet works.
Of course lying and misleading is the standard operating procedure for this government. So he could have been trying to bullshit and got caught out. I am willing to believe he is just ignorant to the realities. Which bring up some more worrying issues.
If the government doesn't know what these proposed laws will do. If Brandis claims to be sure of what they won't do. How come when they find out their understanding is wrong. That the law does something they were defending the law with, saying it doesn't do it. How come they can turn around in a few hours and go, 'oh yeah it does do that.' Surely that shows a major disconnect between their understanding of the law and what it does. If they wrote the law, then it'd go back to the drawing board. Not just accept a major and dramatic mistake and push forward.
Clearly they have no idea about what they are wanting to implement the scheme and they don't care what it does. Which shows they are not in charge. Where did these Laws come from? Where is any scrutiny from the government?
If the intelligent community wants these laws, if America is telling them, then isn't it the governments job to assess what they want? To understand it, before making any decision. That's the job of an elected government. To represent the people. Not to just pass any law given to them.
