Article 6GHKF Labor and Coalition team up to retrospectively authorise ‘unlawful’ use of material gathered by Australian agency

Labor and Coalition team up to retrospectively authorise ‘unlawful’ use of material gathered by Australian agency

by
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6GHKF)

Bill authorises previous uses of coercive powers, removing legal question mark that had dogged Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Labor and the Coalition teamed up to pass a bill retrospectively authorising potentially unlawful" use of material gathered in special investigations by Australia's most secretive law enforcement agency.

The bill is the third attempt to cure a long-running legal defect in the powers of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission to conduct special investigations and operations.

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