Politicians in power tend to regard the disclosure of information about their activities as a subversive tactic of their rivals and opponents…A contempt for opponents easily leads to a contempt for accountability and for accountability processes,"…
Civil Liberties Australia (CLA) has today criticised the decision of the majority of the High Court in the case of McKinnon v Secretary, Dept of Treasury.
Media release Wed 6 Sept 2006
High Court decision a low point for the public’s right to know
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So Attorney-General Ruddock is threatening to override the recent ACT terror legislation. He feels our laws are flawed because we can’t preventively detain 16 and 17-year-olds and the AFP actually has to show that uses of its detention powers are n…
To citizens who value civil liberties and democracy, the move by the Federal government to over-ride the ACT Legislative Assembly anti-terror legislation is extremely disturbing. The ACT government modified draconian federal laws to be more in line…
Civil Liberties Australia congratulates the Chief Minister for standing up for the nation’s traditional legal system at the meeting of Australian governments, COAG. Mr Stanhope said the ACT would oppose a new double-jeopardy proposal, under which a p…