The Government\u2019s latest attempt to expand ASIO\u2019s powers is cynical and unjustified, the Greens say.
\n\u201cYet again, Peter Dutton is trying to increase powers of security agencies without even trying to explain his reasons,\u201d Greens Justice spokesperson Senator Nick McKim said.
\n\u201cNor has he tried to give any possible justification for the need to interrogate children as young as 14.\u201d
\n\u201cTo use the pandemic as cover for the increased scope of the surveillance state is dangerous and cynical.\u201d
\n\u201cThe National Terrorism Threat in Australia hasn\u2019t increased for more than five years, and yet we have been confronted with wave after wave of legislation.\u201d
\n\u201cThere have been more than 200 pieces of \u2018counter terror\u2019 legislation passed in Australia since 2001 and very few have been relaxed or withdrawn.\u201d
\n\u201cAustralia desperately needs a Charter of Rights to protect our basic freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Government\u2019s latest attempt to expand ASIO\u2019s powers is cynical and unjustified, the Greens say. \u201cYet again, Peter Dutton is trying to increase powers of security agencies without even trying to explain his reasons,\u201d Greens Justice spokesperson Senator Nick McKim said. \u201cNor has he tried to give any possible justification for the need to interrogate … Continue reading “Expansion of ASIO powers unjustified”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}