Only a blindly loyal or paid media advisor would say that.Politicians who are proposing very serious legislation such as this need to be better prepared when they front the media. Brandis made a fool of himself.
The head of ASIO also did not make a compelling case. Serious Jihadists will use proxies and VPNs to bypass ASIO surveillance. These increased data retention logs are more likely to catch cheating spouses than serious criminals. The marginal benefit of increased data to interrogate will be far outweighed by the loss of privacy.
Perhaps the intent really is to help Woodside Petroleum be better able to spy on East Timor to help its mates like Alexander Downer.
