Australia - New South Wales authorities are secretly combing through the phone records of more than 90,000 people a year, snooping on more people's communications than the rest of the country's officials combined...
The director of the Communications Law Centre, Professor Michael Fraser, has told ABC1's Lateline program he is concerned about the possible abuse of power. "Law enforcement can authorise it themselves. We need to have some checks and balances in place," he said...
No-one from the NSW Police or State Government was available to discuss the issue with Lateline... (more)
