
Anti-terror legislation passed in Australia CBC \|\| December 07, 2005 [Related Article - Chicken Little Terrorist of the Week: John Howard] Australia's Senate passed a series of tough new anti-terrorism laws on Tuesday. The new laws will allow police to detain suspects for as long as 14 days with no charges being laid. The move comes despite protests from civil liberty groups questioning the scope of the new legislation and fearing for freedom of speech in the country. Along with the ability to detain suspects, police in Australia can now also control the movements of suspected terrorists. That includes having them wear electronic monitoring tags for one year. The new measures include the right to increase the number of closed-circuit cameras in public spaces in the country. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com Australia's Liberal Prime Minister John Howard introduced the package in July in the wake of the transit bombings in London. Howard has said the measures are needed in a time of international instability. Australia's Labor Opposition supported the move. Australians die in Bali Although there have been no bombings within Australia since the late 1970s, the Bali bombing in 2002 was seen as an attack against Australians. The nightclub was filled with Australian tourists at the time of the blast. As well, last month Howard said his government has received specific intelligence about a "potential terrorist threat" to the country. Arrests were made a few days later. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Anti-terror legislation passed in Australia

CBC || December 07, 2005

[Related Article - Chicken Little Terrorist of the Week: John Howard]

Australia's Senate passed a series of tough new anti-terrorism laws on Tuesday.

The new laws will allow police to detain suspects for as long as 14 days with no charges being laid.

The move comes despite protests from civil liberty groups questioning the scope of the new legislation and fearing for freedom of speech in the country.

Along with the ability to detain suspects, police in Australia can now also control the movements of suspected terrorists. That includes having them wear electronic monitoring tags for one year.

The new measures include the right to increase the number of closed-circuit cameras in public spaces in the country.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

Australia's Liberal Prime Minister John Howard introduced the package in July in the wake of the transit bombings in London.

Howard has said the measures are needed in a time of international instability. Australia's Labor Opposition supported the move.

Australians die in Bali

Although there have been no bombings within Australia since the late 1970s, the Bali bombing in 2002 was seen as an attack against Australians. The nightclub was filled with Australian tourists at the time of the blast.

As well, last month Howard said his government has received specific intelligence about a "potential terrorist threat" to the country. Arrests were made a few days later.

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