Where do they get off?

Since when did the Liberal Party, the party responsible for one of the most right wing neo-conservative periods in Australian history, become the newfound Compassion Party?

The Labor Government has announced a proposal in the last couple of days regarding the monitoring of employees' emails in high level government jobs in a bid to prevent terrorism.

Now, obviously, I rail against any civil liberties infringements in the name of fighting terrorism (as Michael Palin once said, how does one wage war on an abstract noun?) however this one I don't think is too bad.
If an employee is working in a high-level Government job, I think it is important to prevent national security information leaking out.
However in my opinion, there's got to be a lot of checks and balances put in place to ensure everyone's happy.

Regardless of what my view is on the topic, I just saw the opposition leader, Brendan Nelson, talking out at the proposal. I'm paraphrasing here, but what he said was something along the lines of "National security is important but we need to make sure we don't impinge on civil liberties in the process."

EXCUSE ME??

Would this be the same Brendan Nelson whose Government gave the Australian Federal Police extraordinary powers to hold suspected terrorists without charge for extended periods??

Would this be the same Brendan Nelsons whose Government redefined the term "illegal immigrant" to mean anyone who does not bring an obvious immediate benefit to the country they are trying to live in?

Would this be the same Brendan Nelson whose Government allowed Federal Police unprecedented access to bug phone calls and freeze assets of "suspected terrorists"??

Seriously, give me a break. Two years ago you were trying to to make this country a police state. Now you're concerned about bosses checking their employees emails.

Grr.