{"id":4488,"date":"2015-11-16T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T03:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=4488"},"modified":"2015-11-16T13:28:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T03:28:15","slug":"australias-racing-ministers-want-their-metadata-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/australias-racing-ministers-want-their-metadata-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s racing ministers want their metadata too"},"content":{"rendered":"
Australia\u2019s state racing ministers have reportedly agreed to form a unified front to demand that Attorney-General George Brandis give state racing regulatory agencies access to metadata under Australia\u2019s new data retention laws, following existing demands from the agency oversee the Melbourne Cup in Victoria.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What.
\nThe.
\nF@#k.<\/p>\nRacing. As in horse racing. Of course, because they need warrant-free\u00a0access to our internet and phone records. To do what you ask? “To\u00a0protect the integrity of racing”<\/em> apparently.<\/p>\n
No. No you do not.<\/p>\n