Inquiry into the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005
Information about the inquiry
On 3 November 2005, the Senate
referred the above Bill to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation
Committee for inquiry and report by
28 November 2005.
The Bill proposes to amend
various federal laws with the stated aim of improving existing offences and
powers targeting terrorist acts and terrorist organisations. Key features
of the Bill include: a new regime to allow for ‘control orders’ to authorise
the overt close monitoring of terrorist suspects; a new police preventative
detention regime to allow detention without charge where reasonably
necessary to prevent a terrorist act or to preserve evidence of such an act;
updated sedition offences; new questioning, search and seize powers
exercisable at airports and other Commonwealth places; and amendments to
information gathering powers available to law enforcement and security
agencies. The Bill will also amend the Financial Transaction Reports Act
1988 to better implement the Financial Action Task Force on Money
Laundering’s Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing.
Lodging Submissions
Submissions are called for by 11 November 2005. Submissions become Committee documents and are only made
public after a decision by the Committee. Unauthorised release of
submissions is not covered by parliamentary privilege. Further assistance
can be obtained by phoning the secretariat on (02) 6277 3560.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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