Australia's metadata retention law was sold as a child protection scheme, and immediately after it was made into law it was repeatedly abused by intelligence em

Australia's metadata retention law was sold as a child protection scheme, and immediately after it was made into law it was repeatedly abused by intelligence employees to spy on girlfriends, used to investigate petty crimes and given out to any government agency who asked for it including local councils and tax agencies. As soon as it's law, the children are irrelevant. This is mass surveillance legislation, and child protection is the shiny marketing.