http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23535224-5014108,00.html
"BOSSES could be given the power to snoop on employees' emails and monitor their internet messaging under a new plan to avert a terrorist attack in Australia. Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has said the new measures, which could be in place as early as next year, would allow companies to intercept staff emails without the consent of workers. He has told Fairfax that the powers are necessary to foil attacks aimed at crippling the country's financial, electricity and transport systems that would be more damaging than terrorist bombings. But the proposal has drawn scathing criticism from civil liberties groups, which have said it would allow bosses to go snooping for dirt on workers whom they want to sack. " Monitoring employee emails is nothing new, I've seen it happening for the last 10 years in both private enterprise and govt. So my question is, is monitoring employee emails currently illegal in Australia? Or is it the interpretation of "Intercepting" that is important?
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