Why on earth are people calling Michael Carmody a 'security expert'? He is nothing but a senior public servant, an administrator, a paper shuffler, a Humphrey Appleby for christ sake. His only actual expertise on security would be how to lock his front door on the way to work. His history is all as a canberra public oxygen thief ( they stopped being public servants a long time ago). A quote from the CEOforum website below.
One of the most experienced and senior public servants in Canberra is Michael Carmody (now CEO of the Australian Customs Service, after many years’ service as the Taxation Commissioner).
Brigid Glanville is so typical of so called journalists these days, no fricken research, just cause someone purports to be an expert doesnt mean they are, and Carmody is most certainly NOT a security expert. His wish to bypass privacy concerns is as Humpy would call it " the thin end of the wedge" and so true to form from the conservative old boys club.