[LINK]Ruddock flags email tapping laws

[Antony Barry]

Sunday, April 11, 2004. 12:47pm (AEST)

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Ruddock flags email tapping laws

  The Federal Government wants the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and 
intelligence agencies to be given the power to intercept emails and 
text messages sent by suspected criminals.

  Attorney-General Philip Ruddock says authorities already have the 
power to access telephone conversations but are not able to intercept 
emails or mobile telephone text messages.

  Mr Ruddock says under the proposed laws, the Attorney-General or a 
judge would need to issue a warrant before the messages could be 
accessed.

  "What we're seeking to do is to put beyond doubt that when a phone tap 
is initiated you can read the messages, whether they're email or 
whether they're a text message and that evidence that you obtain in 
that way can be lawfully obtained and properly introduced as evidence 
in a trial," he said.

 From http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1085236.htm

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