IPA submission into potential reforms of national security legislation

By on August 22, 2012 in Personal liberties, Rule of law, Technology and online rights

The IPA put in a submission to the joint parliamentary committee into potential reforms of national security legislation. The submission is available here.

The Institute of Public Affairs believes many of the national security proposals contained in the Attorney-General’s Department’s Equipping Australia against Emerging and Evolving Threats Discussion Paper are unnecessary and excessive. Many of the proposals: curb civil liberties; systematically breach Australians’ right to privacy, and breach basic rule of law principles.

About Chris Berg

Chris Berg is a Research Fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs. He is a regular columnist with the Sunday Age and Sydney Morning Herald, and ABC's The Drum, covering cultural, political and economic issues. He is an award-winning former editor of the IPA Review. His latest book is In Defence of Freedom of Speech: from Ancient Greece to Andrew Bolt. A monograph, The Growth of Australia's Regulatory State, was published in 2008. He is also the editor of 100 Great Books of Liberty (with John Roskam) published by Connor Court Publishing in 2010, and The National Curriculum: A Critique (2011).
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