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Government push for new anti-terror laws
Louise Yaxley ABC 7:14am, Jul 25, 2016


Attorney-General George Brandis said the laws would only apply to those who "pose a continuing and serious risk". Photo: ABC

Australia is taking a step towards indefinite detention for some convicted terrorists, with the Federal Government pushing for legislation in every state so terrorists could be kept in jail after their sentences expire if a court says they would reoffend.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has written to state and territory leaders asking them to quickly agree on laws that could keep terrorists in jail if the threat is assessed as serious.

Federal Attorney-General George Brandis said he wanted laws similar to those in some states which keep sex offenders in jail after they have served their sentence if they still posed a serious risk to the community.

He argued it would only apply to very high risk offenders who show no signs of rehabilitation when they are near the end of their sentence.

They are people who would be assessed to pose a continuing and serious risk to community safety,” Senator Brandis

He said it could amount to indefinite detention.

“I make no apology for the Government taking the view that if a person, having served a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, shows every indication of a willingness to repeat that crime, to reoffend as soon as they are released, they should remain behind bars,” the Attorney-General said.

He would not say if the Government wanted the laws because of any specific convicted terrorists in jail now.

“I am not going to talk about individual cases for obvious reasons.”

‘Measure will only apply to most serious category of offender’

Keeping terrorists in jail after their sentence expires raises legal concerns about procedural fairness and double punishment, but Senator Brandis argued that state laws for sex offenders have been upheld by the high court.

He said the measure would only apply to the most serious category of offender.

He also said existing measures like control orders might be used instead for some terrorists, meaning instead of staying in jail longer they might have to wear a tracking device, report regularly to police or be banned from using the internet.

State leaders were briefed by ASIO’s Director General last December at Mr Turnbull’s first council of Australian Governments meeting and agreed to the idea, then endorsed the next step in April.

Senator Brandis acknowledged there was a risk that leaving terrorists locked up beyond their sentence might provoke their supporters.

“These are all fine judgements that have to be taken into account but always subject to getting the right balance between two very, very important considerations — one is community safety and the other is the rights of the individual,” he said.

– ABC

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HI ALL

Do the crime? Do the time, you've paid the price should be it.

else they come for U?

SHAME GREENIES SHAME!!! for bringing these heathen horrors into Australia.

harley Jul 25 2016 at 8:47am
Thanks Heavens! At last something to stop all those terrorists being released onto the streets having served their (ridiculously lenient) sentences!

At last a means to stop them re-offending, as they have consistently done all these years!

Perhaps now this spate of terrorist incidents in Australia will finally abate!





Malcolm Turnbull to bring in new laws allowing indefinite jail for high-risk terrorists
Stephanie Peatling JULY 25 2016 - 12:00AM

Malcolm Turnbull will introduce new national laws that would allow jailed terrorists who still pose a risk when their prison terms expire to be held indefinitely as his first order of business when Parliament resumes at the end of August.

Mr Turnbull spoke with state and territory leaders on Sunday to inform them of his plans which he said needed to be dealt with urgently in the context of recent attacks in Orlando and Nice.

Australian anti-terror authorities are constantly updating their understanding of terrorism says Attorney-General George Brandis. Vision ABC News 24.
The new laws, which were first agreed to in April, would effectively treat high-risk terrorists the same as paedophiles and extreme violent offenders who, in certain cases, can already be held as a purely preventative measure after serving jail time.

Any extended detention period would be supervised by the courts, but legal groups have previously expressed "serious concern" about the new laws.

The laws are meant to address key concerns of police and security agencies about convicted terrorists from the post-September 11 era who are due to be released in coming years.

"This is a significant public safety and security issue and our governments must do all we can to protect the community from individuals posing a high risk of re-offending and/or those in need of continued rehabilitation," Mr Turnbull wrote in a letter sent to state and territory leaders.

"The guiding principles of a post-sentence preventative detention scheme would be that it cover high-risk terrorist offenders and contain appropriate procedural protections and safeguards."

Mr Turnbull has asked the Attorney-General, George Brandis, to meet with his state and territory counterparts this week in order to swiftly finalise the legislation in time for the return of Parliament.

The move follows Mr Turnbull's directive to Australia's counter-terrorism tzar last week to explore whether potential "lone wolf" terrorists can be better identified by closer agency co-operation and information-sharing on extremism, criminality and mental illness.


Malcolm Turnbull had his first post-election interview with Neil Mitchell on Friday

The national counter-terrorism coordinator, Greg Moriarty, will examine the trend whereby people who were apparently disturbed to begin with have seized on Islamist extremism shortly prior to carrying out atrocities.

Mr Moriarty said social cohesion with Muslim communities remained central to tackling terrorism. Australia needed an approach that would keep the country "both secure and united, not just for tomorrow or next year, but for decades and possibly generations".

State and territory leaders agreed to the new detention laws in April but the intervening election campaign and caretaker period resulted in a three-month pause in acting on them.

At the time, concerns were raised by members of the legal community.

University of NSW law professor George Williams said that post-sentence detention could be justified in cases of risk to the public, but needed to be strictly targeted and used only as a last resort.

"This is an extraordinary measure to take and can only be justified in the most exceptional cases," Professor Williams said in April.

"The person should be held only as long as they were shown to pose a risk, and the thresholds for risk should be set at a high level. We have to make sure there isn't just a vague risk to the community but a present, real danger."

The Law Council of Australia also said the plan was a "serious concern".

Fiona McLeod, president elect of the Law Council of Australia, said in April that the involvement of a judge was "a protection" but emphasised that if the judge was working on the basis of information given by government agencies "there needs to be a mechanism for the review of that as soon as possible".

Separately, the NSW government is going ahead with plans to extend to up to 14 days the length of time a terrorism suspect can be held before they are charged. Other states and territories have agreed to look at those laws with a view to adopting them, save for the ACT, which is "reserving its position".

The change to the NSW Terrorist (Police Powers) Act allows for the arrest, detention and questioning of a person if there are "reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person has committed, or is involved in planning, a terrorist act".

A suspect could be held for four days, extended to 14 days with the approval of a judge.

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