THE RORT · DOSSIER · SUNSET CLAUSESSTATUS · SYSTEMIC
The ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCCThe exceptional circumstances declaration: named together in 1 articleThe exceptional circu…The INSLM: named together in 1 articleThe INSLMJim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim ChalmersMetadata Retention: named together in 1 articleMetadata RetentionNSW Police: named together in 1 articleNSW PoliceVictoria Police: named together in 1 articleVictoria Police
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Sunset Clauses

Status Systemic

The expiry date that is supposed to force a reckoning on extraordinary powers. In practice the reckoning is skipped and the date is moved, usually inside an omnibus bill.

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

Named in 2 articles across 2 cases 7 connections: mechanisms 2, regulators and bodies 2, police 2, people 1

Key figure on file
6 months, then 3 at a time
A declaration may run no longer than six months under s 95AE(3)(b). Under s 95AF(2) it may be extended 'more than once', each period 'must not exceed…
2
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
7
Linked in the graph
1
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Cartel Switch6 months, then 3 at a timeA declaration may run no longer than six months under s 95AE(3)(b). Under s 95AF(2) it may be extended 'more than once', each period 'must not exce…1 article →The Surveillance Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / On the record

  1. 6 months, then 3 at a timeA declaration may run no longer than six months under s 95AE(3)(b). Under s 95AF(2) it may be extended 'more than once', each period 'must not exceed 3 months', and the Act sets no cap on the number of extensions. The new powers in Division 1A contain no sunset clause of their own.Thirteen days, pointed backwards →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Named together

Sunset ClausesJim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim Chalmers1Metadata Retention: named together in 1 articleMetadata Retention1NSW Police: named together in 1 articleNSW Police1The ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCC1The exceptional circumstances declaration: named together in 1 articleThe exceptional circumstances declaration1The INSLM: named together in 1 articleThe INSLM1Victoria Police: named together in 1 articleVictoria Police1
The 7 names most often in the same articles as Sunset Clauses. 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

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 Sunset Clauses: 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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