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This post popped back up in My Timeline

Below is an article arguing in part in favour of the laws.

The low number of times they've been used (20) is cited as evidence in favour of continuing the law.

Looking at Trump, Philip Ruddock and RoboDebt, and seeing nothing that stops this bad law being used to make a totalitarian government.

#PhilipRuddock #BadLaw #AusPol #ChrisTaylor

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/asios-compulsory-questioning-powers-could-be-permanent-and-broader/

ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers could be permanent and broader | The Strategist

The Australian Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is reviewing legislation confirming the reality of an extraordinary, rarely used intelligence capability that has been part of national security law for 22 years: the ...

The Strategist

#PhilipRuddock has come out of retirement to announce that he thinks politicians these days are too concerned for their futures to be true servants of the people.
Alas, as one who played a key role in the deliberately false allegations regarding the behaviour and character of asylum seekers, in order to further his own selfish political ambitions, he knows only too well how corrupt and self-serving politicians can be. But he thinks we have forgotten. No amount of superannuation is going to stop people like him from continuing to do what they do in politics. #auspol #ChildrenOverboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Overboard_affair

Children Overboard affair - Wikipedia