+1 for 'sycophant' - thanks old mate Turnbull for the English lessons.
On topic though, I'm too disappointed in Australia not being able to properly about privacy properly. It's come up a few times and the discussions almost made a difference - the ISP data retention policy, the medical database, something-something about the big banks. There are occasionally little stories that largely go unnoticed about the government quietly asking around for back doors and whatnot.
But every time we roll over and show our belly.
Why is it so hard to convince people this is an important issue?