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Freedom in our time.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-OCT-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Freedom in our time.(new antiterrorism laws by Australia)(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
The performance of the Premiers at the recent Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting to hammer out new terror laws had more than a hint of the Neville Chamberlain School of Political Negotiation about it. Going in, the Premiers were talking tough. None were about to sign away Australia's freedoms in the blink of an eye. Whatever the Prime Minister and the Attorney General showed them must have scared them witless. Each one emerged with their tail between their legs, supporting the further expansion of the laws. All that was missing was the Premiers waving the paperwork in the air declaring that they'd secured freedom in our time.

The only whimper of dissent was Peter Beattie's admission that the laws were 'draconian', which is true enough--but...

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