Mobile phone location information obtained by police through a carrier's law enforcement interface (such as Telstra's Locus application), pursuant to an authorisation under s 180(2) of the TIA Act, is lawfully obtained. The phrase 'in connection with' the carrier's business in s 276(1) of the Telecommunications Act 1997 (Cth) requires only an association between the carrier's business and the acquisition of the information; it is not limited to information arising in the 'ordinary course of business'. Section 180(2) of the TIA Act is not to be read down as excluding location information actively generated through polling of a handset.
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