The Federal Government has released a list of more than 60 federal, state and local government agencies that have applied to access metadata.

The list released under Freedom of Information laws showed agencies that have sought to access telecommunications data without a warrant.

As well as numerous federal departments, requests were also made by the Bankstown City Council, the National Measurement Institute and Greyhound Racing Victoria.

Organisations classed as "criminal law-enforcement agencies" already have access to metadata under the Federal Government's data retention bill, passed last year.

That includes agencies such as the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, the Australian Federal Police and state police forces.

Omitting the four redacted names, the full list of agencies who requested ongoing access to telecommunications data included:

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