Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent
المصدر: The Guardian | Source: The GuardianBut Australian government will expand offences covered by rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on defence system
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Labor has quietly backed down on moves to make spy agency Asio’s powers for compulsory questioning permanent, but will expand offences covered by the rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on Australia’s defence system.
The laws were introduced in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US and give intelligence operatives powers to issue a questioning warrant requiring a person as young as 14 to give information or produce items that may assist in a serious investigation.
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