❓ Question on Notice regarding the number of WA government agencies that have sought or obtained warrantless access to telecommunications metadata, their identities, grounds for access, and whether they accessed any data. The Premier's representative requested the question be placed on notice due to time constraints.
AnsweredQoN 80Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
TELECOMMUNICATIONS METADATA — GOVERNMENT AGENCIES —
WARRANTLESS ACCESS
80. Hon KATE DOUST to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to telecommunications metadata stored on Australian residences.
(1) How many Western Australian government
agencies or enterprises have, or have sought, warrantless access to
telecommunications metadata?
(2) What are the names of the agencies or
enterprises and on what grounds have they sought or been granted this access?
(3) In relation to (2), have any of the agencies or enterprises accessed
any stored data?
WARRANTLESS ACCESS
80. Hon KATE DOUST to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I refer to telecommunications metadata stored on Australian residences.
(1) How many Western Australian government
agencies or enterprises have, or have sought, warrantless access to
telecommunications metadata?
(2) What are the names of the agencies or
enterprises and on what grounds have they sought or been granted this access?
(3) In relation to (2), have any of the agencies or enterprises accessed
any stored data?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I therefore
ask the honourable member to place the question on notice. Let me check on
that.
Providing the information in the time required is not possible and I therefore
ask the honourable member to place the question on notice. Let me check on
that.
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