Tony Abbott: What youll get under us are tax cuts without new taxes. Phone and internet customers could face a surveillance tax of up to $100 a year if the federal government implements a scheme requiring companies to store customer data for two years, the telecommunications sector warns. Attorney-General George Brandis has said a compulsory data-retention scheme, which security agencies argue is necessary to combat terrorism, is under active consideration by the government. The Communications Alliance, representing telecommunications companies, estimates the compulsory data retention scheme could cost the industry $500 million to $700 million a year - an amount that would be passed on to consumers. Read more: smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/internet-tax-may-fund-new-spy-laws-20140729-3cs4g.html
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:10:05 +0000
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