New Australian anti-terror laws

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Australia takes one more step towards becoming a police state:
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<LI>The Australian Federal Police (AFP) being able to obtain court orders to restrict the movement of people they consider “terrorism risks”. This will include being able to “electronically tag” people and restrict who they can meet - in effect a 12-month home detention regime without having committed an offence.</LI>[/list]


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<LI>”Preventive detention” of suspects for up to 14 days. That is, people can be put in jail for two weeks at a time if they are deemed a “terrorism risk”. The federal government will need state governments’ cooperation to implement this as constitutionally it can only legislate for 48 hours’ detention.</LI>[/list]


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<LI>The AFP will be given the power to stop, question and search people in the streets. [I wonder how many "terrorist suspects" they will be stopping that also look like (for lack of a better term) "drugies"]</LI>[/list]


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<LI>New migrants will have to wait three instead of two years to apply for citizenship. That this change has been included in an “anti-terror law” package speaks volumes about the racist inclinations of our government.</LI>[/list]


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<LI>A new offence of leaving bags unattended at airports.</LI>[/list]


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<LI>Changing sedition laws to make it an offence to “incite violence” in the community or against Australian troops overseas. This will carry a seven-year jail term.</LI>[/list]




It seems ever more so we are being put into a position in which our only choice will be No Freedom ... or the Illusion of Freedom.