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The government often hands out toys for the boys, like $400,000 ‘Batmobiles’ suitable for feature roles in movies. But it is less keen on reforming excessive anti-terror laws, imposed in haste and fear over the past decade. Dr Chris Michaelsen ana…
Are our spook agencies performing well, a review asks? Given their excessive secrecy, how can we know, CLA responds, and points out the danger to society if the massive staff and budget increases of the past decade are leading to ‘make-work’ spying on i…
‘The cause for which we stand and when we must, fight, is freedom,’ says Malcolm Turnbull in a thoughtful analysis of effects from the WikiLeaks/Assange matters. He also points out that the High Court in Australia is unlikely to protect the secrets of a…
Other nations, like Britain, can review and wind back oppressive, over-the-top laws created in panic after the Twin Towers aircraft attacks in New York 10 years ago. If so, why can’t Australia, asks Prof George Williams, where some of the laws are the w…
What a difference a champion of civil liberties makes at the heart of government. The UK’s Deputy PM, Nick Clegg, is championing a bill rolling back terror laws and restoring personal freedoms. Where is the Australia politician with similar courage of h…
SCAG – the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General – issued a typical economically worded ‘communique’ after its December 2010 meeting. CLA believes SCAG should publish a full agenda, and formal minutes, for each meeting.
Communique – Standing Commi…