New legislation in Australia to make pen-testing illegal?

["Ari Weisz-Koves" <ari () atwww com>]

Anyone else out there from Australia, or was the internet legislation of '99
enough to make everyone leave? I'm struggling to understand how these laws
could passed and enforced - essentially, it may soon be illegal to have
scanners or hacking tools in your possession, and all passwords and security
measures must be handed over to the government on request.

Does anyone know if these kinds of measures are enforced anywhere else in
the world, or has my government just gone nuts?

http://www.computerworld.com.au/idg.nsf/All/D115FFE5F1AF211DCA256A7F0001FACE
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Ari Weisz-Koves
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