Inside Australia's Anti-Terror Laws and Trials

Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity, George Williams

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English

New South Books
03 March 2015

Political control & freedoms; Terrorism, armed struggle; Australian Society

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Over ten years after Australia's first national laws were enacted to combat the threat of terrorism, more anti-terrorism laws were passed in the Australian Parliament in late 2014.

The first set of laws were introduced in great haste and were stunning in scope and number. The latest laws are similarly extensive and controversial. Yet again, powers and sanctions once thought to lie outside the rules of a liberal democracy except during wartime have become part of Australian law.

Timely, piercing and - in regard to the first set of laws - written with the benefit of hindsight, this book asks whether Australia really needed to enact anti-terrorism laws in the first place, let alone add to them? Do the new laws pose increased threats to freedom of speech and freedom of the press? Have these laws been effective in protecting the community, or do they represent a long-term threat to the health of Australian democracy? Which laws have proved their worth and which have not? And what has been the impact of the laws in Australias anti-terrorism trials and on the Muslim community?

Most tellingly, the book asks whether seeing these anti-terror laws as normal is a danger in itself.

By: Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity, George Williams
Imprint: New South Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 205mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 278g
ISBN: 9781742231310
ISBN 10: 1742231314
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 March 2015
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active