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Two days of parliamentary hearings are scheduled on Thursday and Friday into the mandatory data retention bill.

And the government's data retention bill is still the subject of negotiation with Labor and the Senate crossbenchers.

The data retention bill will be referred to the parliamentary committee on intelligence and security, which is made up of Labor and Coalition MPs and senators.

On Tuesday a number of Labor backbenchers also spoke out in opposition to the data retention bill in a caucus meeting.

Labor parliamentarians have raised serious concerns about the data retention bill, with one MP warning that the legislation would not have prevented the deadly Martin Place siege in Sydney in December.

Turnbull then listed a variety of services he said journalists and sources could use to interact without the parties to the conversation being captured by the data retention bill.

The bill, entitled the data retention and investigation powers bill, will receive a second reading on Monday.

The Home Office says the fast-track data retention and investigatory powers bill – known as the Drip bill – is not intended to extend the UK's reach around the world.

Lord Butler of Brockwell, who was cabinet secretary to Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair, led the chorus of complaints insisting that the issues addressed by the data retention and investigatory powers bill – known as the Drip bill – have been apparent for weeks, if not months.

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said the data retention and investigatory powers bill – known as the Drip bill – will not address key privacy concerns raised by the European court of justice when it struck down the current regime in April and should be the subject of wider public debate.

The data retention and investigatory powers bill was agreed at third reading by an overwhelming majority of 416, after MPs voted 449 to 33 in favour.