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Watching brief on the war on terrorism (Australia. Parliament. Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade) Evaluation of federal and State government administrative and legal response to terrorism

Human Rights 2003: the year in review. Session 1. The war on terror. Papers by Hilary Charlesworth (Is the war on terror compatible with human rights?: an international law perspective); Simon Bronitt (Australia's Legal Response to Terrorism: Neither Novel nor Extraordinary?) + related papers. Organised by the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
Terrorism and the rule of law (N. Cowdery)
Australia's legislative response to terrorism (Duncan Kerr)
Human rights in an age of terrorism (Ivan Shearer)
International human rights on trial: the United Kingdom’s and Australia’s legal response to 9/11 (Michaelsen, Christopher, 25 Sydney Law Review 275)
Counter terrorism and the criminalisation of politics: Australia's new security powers of detention, proscription and control (J. Hocking, Australian J. of Politics & History, v. 49(3), Sept. 2003) [Not available outside the Parliamentary network]
'Counter-terrorism' laws: a threat to political freedom, civil liberties and constitutional rights (M. Head, Melbourne University Law Review, v. 26(3), 2003) [Not available outside the Parliamentary network] Based on material previously published on the World Socialist Web Site and to be published electronically on Austlii
Terror and the ambit claim: Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 (Cth) (G. Carne, Public Law Review, v. 14(1), March 2003) [Not available outside the Parliamentary network]
ASIO's new powers (Interview with the Attorney-General, 24/6/03

One year on: Australia's legal response to September 11 (G. Williams)
The Counter-terrorism bills (S. Pritchard. Bar Brief, Winter 2002, pp. 10-17)
Globalising Terror, Political Violence in the New Millennium Conference, Hobart, 8-10 May 2002. Selected papers
- Speech on the role of the Attorney-General's Dept counter terrorism measures, including the Standing Advisory Committee for Commonwealth/State Cooperation for Protection Against Violence (SAC-PAV) (R. Cornall)
- Australia and 11 September: the intelligence challenge (D. Richardson)
Terrorism and the law in Australia: (Nathan Hancock, Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library)
Legislation, commentary and constraints (82 pages)
Describes proposals announced in anticipation of legislation introduced in 2002 in the context of existing arrangements. It also provides a framework and criteria for evaluation of those laws and detailed analysis for parliamentary consideration (Research paper no. 12 2001-02)
Supporting materials (66 pages)
Contains a series of documents on specific issues related to legislative and administrative arrangements (Research paper no. 13 2001-02)
Terrorism: legislating for security (2 pages) (Nathan Hancock, Australian Department of the Parliamentary Library)
Discusses legislation on terrorism as at 11 September 2001, proposals for change and issues of concern
Australia's new anti-terrorism laws
Interview with the Attorney-General on The Law Report of 12/2/02 concerning civil liberties aspects of strengthening anti-terrorism laws
The right of self-defence under international law: responding to the terrorist attacks of 11 September (Angus Martyn, Australian Dept of the Parliamentary Library)
Apocalyptic Visions and the Law: The Legacy of September 11
A professorial address by Andrew Byrnes at the ANU Law School for the Faculty's 'Inaugural and Valedictory Lecture Series', 30 May 2002

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