MELBOURNE Cheap Air Max Shoes , Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Victoria police defended their regular access to phone and internet records on Wednesday after it emerged they make up to 1,200 metadata requests per week.

Figures provided in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the Australian federal government's controversial data retention bill showed the Victorian force sought access almost 63, 000 times in 201314.

The other large states, New South Wales and Queensland, are yet to provide their figures but if details are consistent with Victorian and Australian Federal Police (AFP) figures, meaning the nation's combined police forces are likely to have sought access up to a million times in five years.

Metadata can be accessed without a warrant and includes the time and location of phone calls and the addresses of accessed internet domains.

Civil libertarians argue accurate profiles on any member of the public can be made from this data Cheap Air Max , amounting to an invasion of privacy.

Victoria Police Association secretary Ron Iddles defended the access and told the ABC the action was reasonable.

He used Jill Meagher, a woman killed on a Melbourne street after walking home from a bar, as a high-profile example.

"Without that information, some of the serious crimes wouldn't be solved and in particular the case of Jill Meagher would not have been solved without this data," Iddles said on Wednesday.

"We were able to track a particular phone which was contrary to the account which was given by the accused."

"If the public don't want us to have it then the crime solvability rate will definitely go down."

The Australian government wants to force telecommunications companies to retain all metadata on customers for two years.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front C) leads his cabinet ministers as they attend a photo session at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan Cheap Nike Air Max Mens , Aug. 3, 2017. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) executive lineup on Thursday in a bid to restore public faith in a scandal-mired government. (XinhuaMa Ping)

TOKYO, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, amid growing public discontent and mistrust that saw his support rate plummet to historic lows, made a cabinet reshuffle Thursday in a bid to recover confidence.

Abe picked a line up of veterans to serve in his new cabinet in a bid to fight shy of further controversies, which arose from a slew of scandals and gaffes involving himself and his ministers.

The prime minister's cabinet reshuffle Thursday was as much about damage control in the public's eyes as it was about picking the right lineup to see that solid policy visions are brought through to fruition.

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CLEANING HOUSE

Abe's hand had been forced to some extent and his choices, both in terms of some of his new cabinet picks and executive party lineup choices, were to quash increased disquiet from within the LDP's factions.

If left unchecked, the dissatisfaction within the LDP could further wreak havoc on Abe and his somewhat delicate administration, analysts say.

Former defense minister Tomomi Inada, a protege of Abe's who has being embroiled in multiple scandals Cheap Nike Air Max Free Shipping , would have been ousted in the reshuffle had she not resigned last week, political experts have concurred.

"I'm not surprised to see Itsunori Onodera handed the defense minister's portfolio as he is a known entity to Abe as he will be serving in this capacity for a second time. At a time when Japan is dealing with regional geopolitical situations, the public has been incensed that Inada wasn't booted out earlier," political commentator and Shizuoka-based author Philip McNeil told Xinhua.

In the public's eyes, the defense ministry is now, ostensibly Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet , in a "solid" pair of hands, those of an experienced minister who has a proven track record, said McNeil.

"Onodera will now be charged with shoring up the ministry and making sure the coverup scandal will remain a thing of the past," McNeil said.

"You simply can't have a scandal-tainted defense ministry as the public has hit the panic button. Abe seems to have cleaned house here to an extent," he added.

More house cleaning had to take place at the education ministry, experts also said Cheap Nike Air Max Shoes , as the influence-peddling scandal needs to be resolved.

The scandal involved Kake Educational Institution, run by a close friend of Abe's, being picked to open a new school in a special deregulated zone.

Considering the prime minister himself is implicated in the Kake scandal, political watchers said it came as no surprise that Yoshimasa Hayashi will be taking over as education minister, as he's another veteran who previously served in numerous cabinet positions including as defense minister and farm minister.

Those who have come under close scrutiny over the Kake ordeal were also removed from the spotlight, McNeil said.

Again Cheap Nike Air Max , this is an example of Abe bringing in veterans who purportedly run tight ships to rekindle public support, he explained.

Former education minister Kozo Yamamoto, who had been embroiled in the Kake scandal, has been replaced as state minister in charge of regional revitalization and Koichi Hagiuda, switched out as deputy chief Cabinet secretary for the same reason, McNeil said.

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Meanwhile Cheap Air Max Mens , Abe's selection of Taro Kono, former minister in charge of administrative reform, to take over the foreign minister portfolio from Fumio Kishida, took some political watchers by surprise, in as much as Kishida, a potential future rival of Abe's for the party leadership Cheap Air Max Online , has been allowed to write his own ticket.

Kishida will now chair the party's Policy Research Council and according to sources close t.