Overblown political responses are delivering increasingly powers and resources for counter-terrorism, but the pace of threats is also escalatingGeorge Brandis’ fifth tranche of tighter national security laws was introduced into the Australian parliament the day before the terrorist attacks unfolded in Paris on Friday night.
The bill has been referred to the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security for inquiry. The committee was due to report back by 15 February.
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Source: theguardian.com