'Surveillance tax' will cost public $100 a year: telcos

By Matthew Knott
July 30 2014 - 3:00am

Phone and internet customers may face a ''surveillance tax'' of up to $100 a year if the federal government implements a scheme requiring companies to store customer data for two years, according to the telecommunications sector.

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