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REPATRIATION OF DEFENCE DATA BILL 2021

                    2019-2020-2021




THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




         Repatriation of Defence Data Bill 2021




           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                          and
  STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS




                Circulated by authority of
                       Bob Katter
Repatriation of Defence Data Bill 2021

OUTLINE

A Bill for an Act to require the repatriation of Defence data to sovereign Australian storage facilities,
and for related purposes. If a sensitive data store is held in a high-risk storage facility, the
Secretary must cause the sensitive data store to be transferred, before 25 April 2022, to a
sovereign Australian storage facility.


FINANCIAL IMPACT

The bill will have no financial impact.



NOTES ON CLAUSES

NIL
               STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS


  The statement of compatibility with human rights appears at the end of this explanatory
                                       memorandum.


                         Repatriation of Defence Data Bill 2021

This bill is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the
international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny)
Act 2011.

Overview of the bill

The Department of Defence renewed a deal with a Chinese-owned data storage company
which threatens Australia's national security. The contract with Global Switch was renewed
by the department. Global Switch has stored sensitive military files for the Australian
Government for the past decade. This bill provides for an Act to require the repatriation of
Defence data to sovereign Australian storage facilities, and for related purposes. If
sensitive data store is held in a high-risk storage facility, the Secretary must cause the
sensitive data store to be transferred, before 25 April 2022, to a sovereign Australian
storage facility.


Human rights implications

This bill does not engage any of the applicable rights or freedoms.

Conclusion

This bill is compatible with human rights because it does not raise any human rights
issues.




Hon Bob Katter

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