Lawmakers, politicians struggle to achieve balance in anti-terrorism laws

By Daniel Flitton
Updated February 28 2015 - 2:08am, first published 12:15am
Cover of Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials by Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams. Photo: Danie Sprague
Cover of Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials by Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams. Photo: Danie Sprague
High alert: Anti-terrorist advertising at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne.  Photo: Louis Ascui
High alert: Anti-terrorist advertising at Southern Cross Station, Melbourne. Photo: Louis Ascui

The needle for the terrorist threat rating is on the red line at "high" and Prime Minister Tony Abbott warns the danger will only get worse. Already urging new data-retention powers for police and security agencies, Abbott this week flagged a proposal to wind back citizenship rights for anyone who chooses to take up arms against Australia or fight with Islamist extremists abroad - all on top of more than 60 laws passed since 2001 to combat terrorism.

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