The secretary of the Department of Home Affairs, Michael Pezzullo, has insisted that there is no cause for concern as huge power is given to the intelligence agencies in his portfolio. Pezzullo described his plans to use digital technology to expand Australia’s capacity to detect criminal and terrorist activity in daily life online and on the so-called “dark web”.

“You don’t want those child exploitation gangs, child paedophile gangs, to know how you go about detecting them. If that requires invisible work, I sit before you guilty as charged.” Karen Middleton reports.

Plus: Paul Bongiorno on Malcolm Turnbull’s hopes for a peaceful Coalition, and Behrouz Boochani on the “policy of exile” on Manus Island

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