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Metadata Retention

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Two years of every Australian's communications records, retained by law and accessed without a warrant hundreds of thousands of times a year under s178 authorisations.

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NSW Police's share of the nation's warrantless s178 metadata authorisations in 2024-25. The same force made 43 of the 58 voluntary TOLA assistance re… TIA Act Annual Report 2024-25; SDA Annual Report 2024-25, homeaffairs.gov.au
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The Surveillance Rort126,775 of 357,864NSW Police's share of the nation's warrantless s178 metadata authorisations in 2024-25. The same force made 43 of the 58 voluntary TOLA assistance …2 investigations →The Reporting Rort11 investigation →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑07‑06Auto-assembled

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