Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025

Senator SHOEBRIDGE (New South Wales) (11:40): Well, of course, this goes beyond just changing the names and the entity that can use existing powers. This significantly increases how information can be shared and expands the purposes for which information can be shared. It's not the government's contention—is it?—that this is simply a technical change to deal with the re-establishment of Home Affairs.

That's not a serious contention for the government, is it?