Title Terror laws : ASIO, counter terrorism and the threat to democracy / Jenny Hocking

Published Sydney, N.S.W. : University of NSW Press, [2004] ©2004

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Description xii, 288 pages ; 24 cm regular print Contents 1. 'Terrorism' and the politics of language -- 2. The development of Australia's internal security arrangements -- 3. From 'subversion' to 'terrorism' -- 4. Counter-terrorism as counter-insurgency -- 5. The importance of being 'terrorism' -- 6. Counter terrorism's first wave -- 7. Terrorism in Australia -- 8. The renewal of counter-subversion -- 9. Policing terrorism -- 10. Securing the State -- 11. The second wave -- 12. From intelligence to internment -- 13. Terrorism, counter-terrorism and democracy Summary The underlying concern of this book is the issue of balancing the needs for national security with individual rights and freedoms. Hocking argues that current security legislation compromises the separation of powers and individual legal and political rights Analysis Counter terrorist measures Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Civil liberties Terrorism Intelligence services Security Civil rights Democracy Australia Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [258]-279 Audience Canberra Defence Reference Subject Australian Security Intelligence Organization. National security -- Australia. Civil rights -- Australia. War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. Terrorism -- Government policy -- Australia. Terrorism -- Australia -- Prevention. Internal security -- Australia. Author Hocking, Jenny. LC no. 2004463460 ISBN 086840702X paperback

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