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Australia's federal police use decryption laws for first time, government reveals

( March 21, 2025, 03:05 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Australia’s federal police force availed itself of tough decryption laws for the first time, forcing an unnamed tech company to provide it with assistance. The report by the Australian Treasury Department revealed that Australian Federal Police had issued its first two technical assistance notices in the 2023-2024 financial year — the first time the law-enforcement agency had used the mechanism under the 2018 Assistance and Access Act. Before that, only a state-based police force had used the law’s provisions. In new statistics reveal that the police force of the state of New South Wales was the biggest user of the law’s provisions.The full report from the Attorney General's Department is attached. ...

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