The need for national security vs. privacy in Australia.

The need for national Security Focus: National security for Australia has recently become the focus of attention this year because of the holding of the Olympic games in Sydney. This brings with it the risk of terrorist activities occuring within Australia, as has happened in previous Olympic games ¡V such as the murders in the Munich games by the Black Panthers organisation, and the bombings in last games in Atlanta. Whilst this is our current …

…will be. It has been argued that these legislation have not gone far enough In Conclusion there is a need for national security to protect life as we know it. This entails collection, storage and use of data and other information as well as surveillance and interception of telecommunications. This however, comes at the expense of privacy, and the civil liberties. Privacy and data protection has been enacted in an attempt to mediate this disadvantage.