THE RORT · DOSSIER · NSW POLICESTATUS · TRACKED
Metadata Retention: named together in 2 articlesMetadata RetentionVictoria Police: named together in 2 articlesVictoria PoliceThe ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCCThe ACMA: named together in 1 articleThe ACMAThe ASD: named together in 1 articleThe ASDAustralian Clinical Labs: named together in 1 articleAustralian Clinical L…Cyber Security NSW: named together in 1 articleCyber Security NSWDigital ID: named together in 1 articleDigital IDThe eSafety Commissioner: named together in 1 articleThe eSafety Commissio…Google: named together in 1 articleGoogleThe INSLM: named together in 1 articleThe INSLMMedibank: named together in 1 articleMedibankNPWS: named together in 1 articleNPWSThe OAIC: named together in 1 articleOpenAI: named together in 1 articleOptus: named together in 1 articlePM&C: named together in 1 articleServices Australia: named together in 1 articleSunset Clauses: named together in 1 articleTelstra: named together in 1 article
DOSSIER / ACTORSTATE POLICE FORCE

NSW Police

New South Wales Police Force

Status Tracked

The force behind most of the country's voluntary industry-assistance requests, second-largest user of warrantless metadata authorisations, and the operator of the extraction kits the new unlocking order would feed.

Last on record
2026-09
Named in
3 articles
Across
2 cases

Named in 3 articles across 2 cases 20 connections: companies 6, mechanisms 3, regulators and bodies 6, agencies and departments 4, police 1

Key figure on file
About 160 Cellebrite kits
The reported size of the NSW Police phone-extraction fleet, alongside thousands of phones reportedly examined every year. The bill does not build thi… GIPA-based reporting by two independent outlets citing NSW Police FOI documents (reported, not verified)
3
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
20
Linked in the graph
2
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Surveillance RortAbout 160 Cellebrite kitsThe reported size of the NSW Police phone-extraction fleet, alongside thousands of phones reportedly examined every year. The bill does not build t…2 articles →The Reporting Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

  1. About 160 Cellebrite kitsThe reported size of the NSW Police phone-extraction fleet, alongside thousands of phones reportedly examined every year. The bill does not build this capacity. It lowers the threshold at which the existing capacity can be pointed at a person.Source: GIPA-based reporting by two independent outlets citing NSW Police FOI documents (reported, not verified)The order that replaces the warrant →
  2. 126,775 of 357,864NSW Police's share of the nation's warrantless s178 metadata authorisations in 2024-25. The same force made 43 of the 58 voluntary TOLA assistance requests, the clear majority of the national total.Source: TIA Act Annual Report 2024-25; SDA Annual Report 2024-25, homeaffairs.gov.auThe order that replaces the warrant →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Named together

NSW PoliceMetadata Retention: named together in 2 articlesMetadata Retention2Victoria Police: named together in 2 articlesVictoria Police2Australian Clinical Labs: named together in 1 articleAustralian Clinical Labs1Cyber Security NSW: named together in 1 articleCyber Security NSW1Digital ID: named together in 1 articleDigital ID1Google: named together in 1 articleGoogle1Medibank: named together in 1 articleMedibank1NPWS: named together in 1 articleNPWS1OpenAI: named together in 1 articleOpenAI1Optus: named together in 1 articleOptus1PM&C: named together in 1 articlePM&C1Services Australia: named together in 1 articleServices Australia1
The 12 names most often in the same articles as NSW Police. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.
Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Companies 6
GoogleACTOR · PLATFORM · 1OpenAICOMPANY · AI · 1OptusCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 1MedibankCOMPANY · HEALTH INSURANCE · 1Australian Clinical LabsCOMPANY · PATHOLOGY · 1TelstraCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 1
Mechanisms 3
Metadata RetentionMECHANISM · SURVEILLANCE · 2Digital IDMECHANISM · IDENTITY · 1Sunset ClausesMECHANISM · SAFEGUARD THEATRE · 1
Regulators & bodies 6
The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1The eSafety CommissionerFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1The OAICFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1Cyber Security NSWACTOR · BODY · 1The INSLMFEDERAL WATCHDOG · 1
Agencies & departments 4
Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1The ASDACTOR · AGENCY · 1PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 1NPWSACTOR · AGENCY · 1
Police 1
Victoria PoliceSTATE POLICE FORCE · 2

How this page is assembled. The name, status and role are the desk's entity record. The article list, case counts, connections and the figures under On the record are read by script from the published articles that name NSW Police: the desk's key figures where it declared them, otherwise figures harvested from those articles. A connection is a name that appears in the same articles; it is not a finding about the relationship. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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