Media Request Received By The Minister For Communications By The Daily Telegraph Relating To Covert Filming Of Individuals In Public During February 2025.

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In February 2025, the Daily Telegraph contacted the Minister for Communications' office with a media inquiry about covert filming of women on Bondi Beach using spy camera glasses, in which a man with 2.4 million social media followers had recorded and uploaded footage that went viral. The journalist asked whether the Australian government could comment on or implement measures to ban such surveillance devices. The ministerial staff response directed the inquiry to the NSW Attorney General's Department, noting that surveillance device regulation falls under NSW law via the Surveillance Devices Act 2007, indicating this was primarily a state-level legal and enforcement matter rather than a federal communications issue.