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Re:Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Ne... by femto on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @07:32PM (#17913788)
What the parent doesn't explicitly mention is that there is a government inquiry open RIGHT NOW. You have to get your submissions in by 10th of September (5 days time). Every Australian here needs to make a submission (please).

The parent's link, allows you to post a boilerplate submission with a single click. Far better to write and email your own submission, as form letters tend to get aggregated into one during evaluation. Your own submission only has to be a few lines, even if it just paraphrases a form submission. Uniqueness counts over bulk submissions.

The page for the inquiry is:

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistanc...

The email address for submissions is:

[email protected]

Less time critically, you also need to write to or call your federal MP, but I'd suggest that a personal submission to the inquiry is the most "bang for buck".

Re:Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Ne... by almccann on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @10:06PM (#17914566)
After some calling around it seems this Bill has originated from Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton MP. His office number is 02 6277 7860.
Re:Australia Wants to Take Government Surveillance to the Ne... by lsh on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:20PM (#17914372)
that was really helpful, thank you. Feedback submitted