2500 metadata 'cops' to search phone and internet records

By David Wroe
Updated March 30 2015 - 10:23am, first published 9:19am
Insists legislation contained "strengthened safeguards": Senator George Brandis. Photo: Andrew Meares
Insists legislation contained "strengthened safeguards": Senator George Brandis. Photo: Andrew Meares

About 2500 officials across the country will be able to sign off on access to Australians' phone and internet records under the Abbott government's new "metadata" laws passed last week.

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