[LINK] RFI: Post-Sep-2001 Legislation

[Roger Clarke]

I've gone looking for a summary of the measures taken by governments 
since September 2001 that have been justified using the 'war on 
terror' rhetoric and have constrained civil liberties.

My immediate purpose is a presentation on Friday in Sydney, but this 
is a resource that we all need ready to hand.

The outstanding formal resource is the Parliamentary Library Page:
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/terrorism.htm

I also wanted resources that consider the scores of pieces of 
legislation with a critical eye.  (From personal observation, a few 
have been reasonable adjustments to old laws, but the vast majority 
have been extremist social control measures that threaten freedom and 
democracy far more than they threaten terrorists).

The best single resource appears to be the Terror Laws Booklet of the 
Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network (AMCRAN):
http://www.amcran.org/images/stories/booklet/AntiTerrorLaws2ndEd.pdf

Of the sites listed at:
http://www.privacy.org.au/Resources/Contacts.html#PAdvO
the most directly useful was NSWCCL.

The list below provides a flavour.  It's so extensive that it needs 
some kind of organising framework.

Thanks for any leads that list-subscribers can offer.

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        Rough and Incomplete List of 'War on Terror' Legislation
                             Most Recent First


Anti-Money Laundering Bill 2006
Massive and highly intrusive extensions

Stronger Identity checks for pre-paid mobile phones
April 2006

Unlimited power to demand personal information, including biometric identifiers
Citizenship Bill 2005

Cave-in by all State and Territory Parliaments resulting in
complementary legislation in all jurisdictions, e.g.
Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Warrants) Act 2005 (NSW)
search warrants covert and not related to any investigation

Anti-Terrorism Act (No 2) 2005
-   control orders' based on suspicion alone
-   warrantless preventative detention
-   sedition law changed to encompass expression of opinion
-   AFP notice to produce information powers for 'other serious offences'
-   optical surveillance provisions
-   extended powers of Customs officers
http://www.alhr.asn.au/downloads/alhrterrorsubmission.pdf

Border Security Legislation Amendment Act 2002

ASIO Powers of Arbitrary Arrest and Detention unrelated to an offence
used in the case of Scott Parkin in September 2005

Passports Act replaced, wiping out carefully balanced protections
Blanket authorisation for the addition of any form of biometrics
Refusal by DFAT to provide information about the passport design
2004-05

Anti-Terrorism Bill 2004

National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Act 2004

Surveillance Devices Act 2004

Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment (Stored Communications) Bill 2004

Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 (NSW)

DNA testing and database regime involving all Australian jurisdictions
2002
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Here's the Attorney-General's Dept's own page on:
Australian Laws to Combat Terrorism
http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/www/nationalsecurity.nsf/AllDocs/826190776D49EA90CA256FAB001BA5EA?OpenDocument


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