Labor’s counter-terror laws may stifle ‘political dissent’, Law Council warns
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#6E4KS)
Journalists and civil liberty groups also concerned about proposed bill that creates new offences around accessing violent extremist material
Australia's peak body for lawyers has joined civil liberty groups, journalists and advocacy groups to sound the alarm on proposed laws to criminalise the accessing of violent extremist material, saying the new powers are unnecessary and may inadvertently interfere with legitimate matters of political dissent or struggle".
The federal government is seeking to expand counter-terror powers by introducing new offences for possessing or controlling violent extremist material using a carriage service.
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