EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Australia's Attorney General is considering the adoption of data retention laws similar to those adopted within the EU - laws that would compel ISPs and telcos to store subscriber browsing or calling histories for three months.

Today, Australian journalist Liam Tung reports from Sweden, one of several countries to have rejected the EU directive.

Speaking of Australian journalists in Sweden, U.S. authorities are also reportedly on the hunt for former technology scribe Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, over documents allegedly leaked by a young U.S. army intelligence officer.

-- Brett Winterford

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