Australia is a long way from New York and Washington DC, but 9/11 was a seismic event for our country. For one thing, it has reshaped our ideas about criminal responsibility
The new anti-terror laws COAG has proposed for Australia go far beyond those in the UK.
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Proposed new laws will restrict parole and bail to those merely associated in some way with terrorism, even when they have not be arrested for – or convicted of – a specific terrorism offence.
After the London Bridge attack, there are calls to give the police more counter-terrorism powers.
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Detaining persons convicted of terrorist offences for lengthy periods after they have served their time could risk radicalising a section of the community who see the measure as unjust.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan claims that control orders have proved effective in preventing terrorist attacks in Australia.
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A control order is only useful where the police have sufficient intelligence about a person’s activity to apply for an order.
The new laws would make it easier for authorities to prevent people fighting in foreign conflicts, as happened to this man arrested in December for allegedly attempting to travel to Syria.
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The Abbott government has today introduced the second tranche of its national security amendments – the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 – into the Senate. As its name…