Scott Morrison 'blew up' bipartisan compromise on encryption, says Labor

Government and opposition locked in battle over laws to allow security and intelligence agencies access to encrypted telecommunications

The powerful parliamentary security and intelligence committee was working towards a compromise position on the government’s controversial encryption legislation before Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton “blew the process up”, Penny Wong said.

The government and opposition are locked in an increasingly nasty battle over the proposed laws, which would allow security and intelligence agencies access to encrypted telecommunications through enforced “back doors”.

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