What do the new anti-terrorism laws in Australia involve, to people in Australia and our friends overseas: 1. allow one warrant to cover a whole computer network, allowing ASIO officers to disrupt the operation of targeted computers and use third party computers to access targeted computers 2. give ASIO officers criminal and civil immunity from prosecution under a newly defined covert special intelligence operation - but the Attorney-General says this will not permit torture 3. enable Australias overseas spy agency ASIS (Australian Secret Intelligence Service) to spy on Australians overseas and to cooperate with ASIO with less executive oversight 4. increase the penalty for disclosing information about a special intelligence operation to a maximum of five years imprisonment, and 10 years imprisonment if it can be proven the person intended to endanger someone or was reckless about whether disclosing the information would endanger someone (this provision has the potential to impact journalists) 5. open up ASIO tasks and powers to contractors and public servants seconded from other agencies and make it easier for ASIO employees to work in other parts of the public service 6. make it easier to identify, to charge and to prosecute Australians who have been engaged in terrorist activities overseas 7. make it an offence to travel to an area designated as being of terrorist activity without a valid reason (for example humanitarian or family purposes) - but the Attorney-General says this will not reverse the onus of proof 8. broaden the application of law from a terrorism activity to terrorism 9. make it an offence to promote or encourage terrorism, including on social media 10. expand the definition of terrorist training and armed hostilities 11. lower the threshold for authorities to be granted control orders and preventative detention orders 12. redefine the definition of an imminent terrorist attack to one that will occur within 14 days 13. require telecommunications companies to retain customers phone and computer metadata for around two years 14. include a statutory definition of metadata to ensure clarity on what information will be kept 15. still require security agencies to obtain a warrant before accessing the actual content of messages or conversations This Australian Government parliamentarians need to hear the wishes of the people! They are berrying their heads in the sand, Do they deserve to be a member of Government if they fail to listen to the peoples wishes? NO NO NO. The Australian Government parliamentarians, Police, ADF and Senior Public servants should be ashamed of their behavior. The government parliamentary members a picture of shame
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 01:09:57 +0000
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