Australia has been [ cutting the budget for intelligence agencies ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/22/australias-national-security-at-risk-from-spy-agency-funding-cuts ) . Proposed [ attacks on human rights ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#20_August_2014_(New_counter-terrorism_proposals_in_Australia) ) are apparently meant to compensate for that.
Ссылка: https://stallman.org/archives/2014-jul-oct.html#24_September_2014_%28Australia_cutting_intel_budget%29