Internet data tracking proposal seen as 'a police state'

By Bianca Hall, Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby
Updated August 29 2012 - 8:08am, first published 3:00am
Archived web ... touted as the measure of a police state. Above, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, says "the case as yet to be made".
Archived web ... touted as the measure of a police state. Above, Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, says "the case as yet to be made".
Law enforcement wants telcos to store vast amounts of data they currently don't keep on us.
Law enforcement wants telcos to store vast amounts of data they currently don't keep on us.
<i>Illustration: Simon Letch</i>
<i>Illustration: Simon Letch</i>

PROPOSED laws that would allow the web and telecommunications data of all Australians to be stored for two years have been dubbed ''characteristic of a police state''.

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