Deeply troubling new powers are being proposed for ASIO under the second tranche of legislation expected this month. Labor are apparently happy to wave them through. Paul Farrell writes: Currently extraordinary powers can be used only as a last resort, if the attorney general believes less intrusive methods of gathering intelligence will not be effective. The new laws, if passed, would allow the attorney general to grant a warrant for the use of the orders in a much broader range of circumstances...
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 07:28:19 +0000