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Re:Australia Encrypted Messaging Bill to Pass After Labor St... by schoen on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:32PM (#18621901)
In parliamentary systems, parties in opposition commonly appoint members of Parliament as "shadow ministers" who keep track of (and speak on) issues that the parties in government have ministers handling. They can present the opposition's official position on these portfolios.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet

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Re:Australia Encrypted Messaging Bill to Pass After Labor St... by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:33PM (#18621911)
Ah, good to know!

I thought, from first glance, that the next news headline would be "Shadow Council Already Owns Your Secrets [And Your Souls]" if this trend continued.

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