> Right now, the average person in Australia is not informed about the changes, and they do not know the impact it will have on them long term. It needs to be b

> Right now, the average person in Australia is not informed about the changes, and they do not know the impact it will have on them long term. It needs to be brought into sharp focus. I feel like there has been a decent amount of coverage on this topic as it was a main subject in the final sitting days in the year and you had the labor opposition ceding their "no" position. Maybe it's not fully explained technically to everyone, but people generally understand that encryption is generally ubiquitous on the internet. I think in the end alot of people actually don't mind the idea that the government should have some power to snoop on someone they think is doing bad things. They understand to varying degrees what kind of abuse that will lead to, but just don't see the inherit dangers ever applying to them or someone they know.