Note that the data retention changes that were enacted are mainly applicable to services provided by an ISP itself, such as phone, SMS and email. They explicitl

Note that the data retention changes that were enacted are mainly applicable to services provided by an ISP itself, such as phone, SMS and email. They explicitly don't cover IP traffic. You can read the text of the amendment here: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2015A00039 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2015A00039. 187A subsection 4 is pretty clear. It's certainly worse than not having it but it's nothing like NSA level snooping.