Excessive powers to lock people up, using lethal force, and quiz them with their traditional rights lost, should be wound back from ASIO, CLA has told Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, Bret Walker. Ten years after ‘9/11’, it…
The Gillard Government is ramping up another assault on civil liberties and human rights in Australia. No fewer than four – 4 – formal inquiries are under way, with a likely outcome 18 months from now of greater intrusions into our personal lives an…
Not even 10 years old, the core role of the Australian Crime Commission has morphed into a ‘criminal intelligence agency’, a CIA, rather than a body that catches big-time baddies, CLA says in a submission to a parliamentary committee. And noted crime au…
Airport bullying – where the government sets out to belittle and humiliate you for wanting to travel – is as big a problem in the US as in Australia. There, a Senator is fighting back with proposed laws to empower flyers and restrain authorities. But se…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the world’s leading fighter for e-freedoms, says Australian Attorney-General Nicola Roxon is promoting a “wish-list of Australia’s intelligence agencies” in proposals for greater surveillance now before parliament. Po…
China is aiming to abolish the death penalty, a senior Chinese judge told a group of Australian NGOs at a China-Australia human rights dialogue meeting in Australia in July. While the aim appears to be long-term, closer at hand is a brand new law for th…