A federal parliamentary committee is recommending stronger privacy laws to protect the public from invasive technologies like drones.
The Government-dominated committee's report is titled Eyes in the Sky, but its recommendations go beyond the use of remote piloted aircraft, more commonly known as drones.
The House of Representatives' standing committee on social policy and legal affairs calls on the Abbott Government to look at creating a tort of privacy.
But Attorney-General George Brandis has previously rejected such a move as an intrusion on personal freedoms. (more)
The fight drones on. Personal Privacy v. Personal Freedoms.
