The Guardian
UK · 1 hrs ago
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Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent
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Australia's Labor government has abandoned plans to make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's post-9/11 compulsory questioning powers permanent, but will instead expand the offences covered by these powers to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on the defence system.
Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent
But Australian government will expand offences covered by rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on defence system
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Labor has quietly backed down on moves to make spy agency Asio’s powers for compulsory questioning permanent, but will expand offences covered by the rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on Australia’s defence system.
The laws were introduced in the wake of the 11 September 2001
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