[TheList] Music over the Police/Fire channel

Sun May 30 20:06:04 AEST 2010

Hi Dick,

Yes you hit the nail on the head It takes "noise makers" to bring this 
to the attention of others to get the beaurocrats off their behinds.

They havent forgotten to change that legislation to address scanner 
listening either. It black and white in the NZ Statutes 2009.
You remember the old listening to and acting on stuff...........It has 
effectively gone as well. Replaced with specific wording to protect the 
new radio system and future systems which we know are currently 
difficult to decode but if you are suspected of actively decoding radio 
signals (i.e paging or encrypted radio transmissions) it is now an 
offence under the sweeping surveillance laws under the counter terrorism 
act brought in before Xmas last year. Maximum punishable sentence is 
prison.
Not many realised the major change to NZ law in regard to surveillance 
on you and I as well. A box in every ISP to directly "sniff/Filter" your 
IP and Telephone cell or landline activities and they do not require a 
signed search warrant anymore.
I remember It quietly came into force on the last during the 2009 Xmas 
holidays when everyone was heading away to holiday with other things on 
their minds.

***Link Below****
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3203448/NZs-cyber-spies-win-new-powers

Steve Austin

Dick Thomas wrote:
> On 30/05/2010 8:50 p.m., Steve Austin wrote:
>> PS No I am not Mr Potter just a P*sed off Amateur radio operator 
>> moaning about the MED's lack of interest.
>
> I can see where you are coming from Steve, but wouldn't the 
> bureaucratic machine just take the easy way out instead of actually 
> doing anything, they would possibly have a law passed banning the 
> listening to all frequencies that they consider we should not be privy 
> to. Thus creating revenue, creating jobs, and don't forget the 
> Power...  just kidding,  but sometimes waking a sleeping giant can be 
> a curse.
>