> Given the difficulty of cracking end-to-end encrypted messages during transmission, one option would be to improve warrant-based access to communications at the sender or receiver ends, Senator Brandis said.

> "At one point or more of that process, access to the encrypted communication is essential for intelligence and law enforcement," he said.

> "If there are encryption keys then those encryption keys have to be put at the disposal of the authorities."

The last part of the quote muddies the water a bit. Maybe they are interested in cooperation from companies with control of endpoint software (Apple, Google, Microsoft) to extract the keys?