![]() ![]() Other serious commonwealth offences defined in the Crimes Act include theft, fraud, tax evasion, controlled substances, illegal gambling, extortion, bankruptcy and company violations, and illegal importing of fauna. Serious offences are those carrying a maximum sentence of three or more years in prison.ĭespite Dutton’s claim of strict limits on the offences, the explanatory memorandum states serious commonwealth offences “include, but are not limited to, money laundering, threats to national security, dealings in child abuse material, importation of prohibited imports and violence”. Network activity warrants allow agencies to collect intelligence on serious criminal activity being conducted by criminal networks andĪccount takeover warrants let the AFP and the ACIC take control of a person’s online account and can be combined with other warrants to gather evidence to further a criminal investigationĪll three powers are enlivened by suspicion that a “relevant offence” is being committed, defined as a “serious commonwealth offence” or a serious state offence that has a federal aspect. The bill creates three new types of warrants:ĭata disruption warrants enable the AFP and the ACIC to disrupt data by modifying, adding, copying or deleting in order to frustrate the commission of serious offences online Here’s what we know about what these agencies can do and the thresholds for activating the new powers. It is already clear the bill would give the Australian federal police, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and, through them, the Australian Signals Directorate spy agency, powers to disrupt and investigate a much broader range of crimes. On Thursday, he introduced the surveillance legislation amendment (identify and disrupt) bill into the House of Representatives. ![]()
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