At the end of February 2017, David Anderson QC will step down from the position of Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation in the UK after six years in the job. It is not yet known who will … Read the rest “The UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism: A Comparative Retrospective”
Category: Terrorism
BY JESSIE BLACKBOURN AND NICOLA MCGARRITY
The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (the Monitor), Roger Gyles QC, is currently undertaking a review into the coercive questioning and detention powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). These powers are subject … Read the rest “The Dangers of Sunsets in National Security”
BY KEIRAN HARDY
Following the recent shooting in Parramatta of NSW Police accountant Curtis Cheng, Attorney-General George Brandis announced that the government will introduce new national security legislation in the November sitting of Parliament. The major amendment that is proposed … Read the rest “Lessons from Anti-Terror Lawmaking in Response to Foreign Fighters”
The long-running debate over the future of the UK Human Rights Act has reverberated around the common law world, indeed all the way to Australia.
This is because the Act is more than just an instrument of … Read the rest “An Australian Perspective on the UK Human Rights Act Debate”
Australia’s recent responses to the threat posed by ‘foreign fighters’ highlights a key issue raised by anti-terror lawmaking since September 11: how far can—and should—Parliament go in legislating to prevent acts of terrorism?
Prevention of terrorism
Prevention … Read the rest “The limits of preventive lawmaking”
BY ALEX REILLY and PETER BURDON
This post is the third in a special series providing expert analysis of the several dimensions of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and … Read the rest “Revoking citizenship for engagement in terrorist activity weakens Australian citizenship for no positive end”
This post is the second in a special series providing expert analysis of the several dimensions of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is currently … Read the rest “The Allegiance to Australia Bill and the Constitution: Legislative Power and Membership of the Constitutional Community”
BY RAYNER THWAITES AND HELEN IRVING
This post is the first in a special series that will provide expert analysis of the several dimensions of the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on … Read the rest “The Citizenship Amendment Bill: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire”
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