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Counter-terrorism e-mail checks planned in Australia SYDNEY -- Australian companies providing critical services to the economy will be allowed to intercept the e-mails and internet communications of their workers under new security counter terrorism laws. The government’s current Telecommunications Act, which expires in June 2009, only allows security agencies to monitor employees communications without consent. “I promise we are not interested in the e-mail you send out about who did what at the Christmas party,” Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Monday. “What this is about is looking at our critical infrastructure. If our banking system collapsed, if our electronic system collapsed, obviously that would have huge implications for society,” Gillard told local television. “We want to make sure they are safe from terrorist attack.” |
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