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Exclusive: Police bypass courts for warrants
“Australia’s law-enforcement agencies are sidestepping the courts to obtain the vast majority of their phone-tap and email interception warrants from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) – a body that has attracted criticism for the number of its political appointees, some without legal qualifications.”
New figures reveal 78 per cent of interception warrants were signed off by members of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, not by a judge.