content: Australian metadata is logged, not internet traffic, pretty sure there's a difference but if you know otherwise I'm happy to hear it. You're right about stupid citizens to some extent though, because nobody kicked up much of a fuss over the issue. However as it's already been pointed out both major parties agreed on this so it would have happened no matter what. The ISP is obligated to store metadata for up to 5 years. If that data is encrypted as it is via a VPN then there is no huge issue, unless the ISP has qualms about it, though none so far really give a shit if you use VPN. As a matter of fact a few are all for it, some ISPs over here are very heavily for user privacy.