Australiah
29-09-2008, 12:19
The President of Australiah has today announced a new bill for anti-terrorism lawsthey are as followed.
The provisions of this bill were:
To extend the fixed investigation period (that is, the period for which a suspect can be questioned before being either charged or released) under of the Crimes Act for investigations into suspected terrorism offences, from four hours to 24 hours. Any such extension would have to be authorised by a court or other judicial officer.
To permit law enforcement agencies to reasonably suspend or delay questioning of a person suspected of committing a terrorism offence to make overseas inquiries to obtain information relevant to that terrorism of the investigation.
The Government recognised the need to "ensure and safeguard the security and individual rights and freedom." Existing safeguards in part of the Crimes Act continue to apply to terrorist suspects being investigated in accordance with the Crimes Act. These safeguards include:
- A suspect's right to communicate with a legal practitioner, friend or relative, an interpreter or a consular office
- A suspect's right to remain silent
Requiring the tape recording of any admissions or confessions made by a suspect as a pre-condition for admissible evidence, and
-A suspect's right to a copy of recorded interviews.
The bill amended the Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act to make it an offence for a person to commit hostile activities while serving in any capacity in or with the armed forces of a foreign state.
The bill also makes it an offence for a person to be a member of an organisation found by a court to be a terrorist organisation, and gives the Government the power to prescribe organisations. A further amendment to the crimes act Criminal Code introduced new offences of providing training to or receiving training from a terrorist organisation.
The bill also makes it an offence to "intentionally associate with a person who is a member or who promotes or directs the activities of a listed terrorist organisation where that association provides support that would help the terrorist organisation to continue to exist or to expand.
The sentences for being founded to be part of a terrorist cell/group have now been enforced to life imprisonment, death sentence, cancellation of visa's and passports if released and deportation to their country with a warrant not allowing them to return to Australiah.
In accordance to this new bill the Australiahian army has formed an Anti terrorist group task Force (ATGTF) which will be specialised in skills and with new intense training associated with terrorist acts. They ATGTF will receive equipment from the Government to help them in their investigations and conflicts they may encounter.
The new equipment is as followed:
20 x Mk.19 AGL (grenade launcher) $381,457.00
50 x FN Minimi (light machine gun) $ 643,617.00
30 x M16A2 Rifle $19,607.70
10 x Bomb Disposal Suits $300,000.00
100 x AC-MZ (bullet proof vest) $500,000.00
5 x Chinook helicopters $ 1,784,000.00
5 x Gunship $ 3,880,000.00
Total Value = $AU8,338,788.46(converted to currency)
The provisions of this bill were:
To extend the fixed investigation period (that is, the period for which a suspect can be questioned before being either charged or released) under of the Crimes Act for investigations into suspected terrorism offences, from four hours to 24 hours. Any such extension would have to be authorised by a court or other judicial officer.
To permit law enforcement agencies to reasonably suspend or delay questioning of a person suspected of committing a terrorism offence to make overseas inquiries to obtain information relevant to that terrorism of the investigation.
The Government recognised the need to "ensure and safeguard the security and individual rights and freedom." Existing safeguards in part of the Crimes Act continue to apply to terrorist suspects being investigated in accordance with the Crimes Act. These safeguards include:
- A suspect's right to communicate with a legal practitioner, friend or relative, an interpreter or a consular office
- A suspect's right to remain silent
Requiring the tape recording of any admissions or confessions made by a suspect as a pre-condition for admissible evidence, and
-A suspect's right to a copy of recorded interviews.
The bill amended the Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act to make it an offence for a person to commit hostile activities while serving in any capacity in or with the armed forces of a foreign state.
The bill also makes it an offence for a person to be a member of an organisation found by a court to be a terrorist organisation, and gives the Government the power to prescribe organisations. A further amendment to the crimes act Criminal Code introduced new offences of providing training to or receiving training from a terrorist organisation.
The bill also makes it an offence to "intentionally associate with a person who is a member or who promotes or directs the activities of a listed terrorist organisation where that association provides support that would help the terrorist organisation to continue to exist or to expand.
The sentences for being founded to be part of a terrorist cell/group have now been enforced to life imprisonment, death sentence, cancellation of visa's and passports if released and deportation to their country with a warrant not allowing them to return to Australiah.
In accordance to this new bill the Australiahian army has formed an Anti terrorist group task Force (ATGTF) which will be specialised in skills and with new intense training associated with terrorist acts. They ATGTF will receive equipment from the Government to help them in their investigations and conflicts they may encounter.
The new equipment is as followed:
20 x Mk.19 AGL (grenade launcher) $381,457.00
50 x FN Minimi (light machine gun) $ 643,617.00
30 x M16A2 Rifle $19,607.70
10 x Bomb Disposal Suits $300,000.00
100 x AC-MZ (bullet proof vest) $500,000.00
5 x Chinook helicopters $ 1,784,000.00
5 x Gunship $ 3,880,000.00
Total Value = $AU8,338,788.46(converted to currency)