>tech firms and businesses may be penalized up to $7.2 million USD if they don’t respond to the government's requests [1] >The legislation ... creates a new fr

>tech firms and businesses may be penalized up to $7.2 million USD if they don’t respond to the government's requests [1] >The legislation ... creates a new framework for law enforcement agencies to request or compel technical assistance from tech companies, even to create new capabilities such as backdoors to get around the encryption in some of their products. [2] They request a backdoor in the encryption and if the cooperator does not cooperate, then fine the company / Australian citizen and if they enter the country again, they can go to jail. [1] https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryption-law-is-a-threat-to-global-privacy/ https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio... [2] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/09/australias-world-first-anti-encryption-law-should-be-overhauled-independent-monitor-says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/09/austr... Since googling a bit more, this is the best overview of the legislation: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/31/encryption-debate-in-australia-2021-update-pub-84237 https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/03/31/encryption-debate-i...