CNET | Data retention a 'small price to pay' for freedom, says PM CNET Paying $400 million to implement a data retention scheme is worth it, according to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who has warned that law enforcement faces "unilateral disarmament" without metadata access. by Claire Reilly · @reillystyley; 19 February 2015, ... Abbott government's metadata plan tipped to cost $300m Tony Abbott has a better handicap than John Howard says the former PM Liberals 'blown apart' by spill push in swing voters' eyes |