Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civil liberties. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 04, 2017

SECURITY: Are we on our way to becoming a police state?

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The greatest comic cop ever to grace a Hollywood screen was Frank Drebin, lead character in the cult comedy The Naked Gun . Readers may ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

CRIKEY: Who knew what (and when) about Habib's torture?

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ASIO head honcho Paul O'Sullivan told a Senate Hearing that Australia expressed its opposition to Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib being...
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Friday, November 04, 2005

COMMENT: Muslim apathy makes passing terror laws that much easier ...

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If you believe what you read in many newspapers, Australian Muslims are up in arms about the new anti-terror laws. Yet solid evidence on the...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

OPINION: Just Shoot Me?

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I’m an Australian. I grew up in the heart of the Prime Minister’s electorate. I attended an Anglican school. I practice law and do some free...
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Monday, September 26, 2005

COMMENT: Vandalising Muslim Civil Liberties

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Australians were shocked to read of 4 mosques across New Zealand being vandalised in the wake of the London bombings. But the way the debate...
Thursday, August 04, 2005

TERRORISM/COMMENT: Profiling the unprofilable ...

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Former ASIO Assistant Director Michael Roach suggests that police should adopt the unorthodox practice of racial profiling. He told the ABC ...