They understood the impact. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-says-labor-achieved-half-a-win-on-encryption-legislation-20181207-p50ksx.html

They understood the impact. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-says-labor-achieved-half-a-win-on-encryption-legislation-20181207-p50ksx.html https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-says-la... They just put their own political skins ahead of good government and passed a law that they knew was flawed. There's been no mention of the touted amendments to fix it, as there is a federal election looming and if either side of politics proposes an amendment, the other will take the opportunity to manufacture a scare campaign and score political points.