The federal government has backed away from its plan to extend encryption-busting powers to anti-corruption watchdogs around the country, despite previously pledging to do so and introducing legislation to that effect to Parliament. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) tabled its report on the Assistance and Access Act late last year, largely…

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