Malcolm Turbull is renowned for putting Australia into the stone age, any way possible. In the near future, your internet prices to jump. Data retention programs in other countries were scaled back when the public were informed of the true cost they would likely to be charged for such programs.
In effect, the hidden metadata tax, is the Australian government forcing a charge to keep your browsing data at your local ISP. The government, not having the resources to do so is forcing the ISP to keep the data.
However it appears, Malcolm isn’t overly concerned and actually has appeared to have hidden the true cost data before introducing the measures. Reports now reveal the expected costs and analysis shows they are very conservative in their estimates. Likely costs to be a factor of 5 to 10 times higher. Initial estimates of $5 to $10 a month for entry level services. Expect this to rise to $20 or more over the coming year(s).
(picture represents the speed Malcolm would like to see the internet in Australia be limited to)
