OZschwitz slave pen: New laws could give ASIO a warrant for the entire internet, jail journalists and whistleblowers

Spy agency ASIO will be given the power to monitor the entire Australian internet and journalists' ability to write about national security will be curtailed when new legislation – expected to pass in the Senate as early as Wednesday – becomes law, academics, media organisations, lawyers, the Greens party and rights groups fear.

OZschwitz slave pen: New laws could give ASIO a warrant for the entire internet, jail journalists and whistleblowers 1411521773967

OZschwitz slave pen: New laws could give ASIO a warrant for the entire internet, jail journalists and whistleblowers 1411521773967

The new laws – the first of many national security reforms – began being debated in the Senate on Tuesday and had previously been sent to a committee for public consultation.

But the 13 recommendations made to government last week by the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security concerning the legislation – which it examined and held public hearings on – have not satisfied the Australian Lawyers Alliance, university academics, the Greens, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance and digital rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/new-laws-could-give-asio-a-warrant-for-the-entire-internet-jail-journalists-and-whistleblowers-20140923-10kzjz.html

OZschwitz slave pen: New laws could give ASIO a warrant for the entire internet, jail journalists and whistleblowers

OZschwitz slave pen: New laws could give ASIO a warrant for the entire internet, jail journalists and whistleblowers

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