Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- COURTS AND TERRORISM
- Introduction
- 1 Detentions and Security versus Liberty in Times of National Emergency
- 2 One More Casualty of the “War on Terror”
- 3 State Secrets and Democratic Values
- 4 What Lessons Can Be Drawn from a Sui Generis Case? The Global “War on Terror” and Northern Ireland
- 5 The British Experience with Terrorism: From the IRA to Al Qaeda
- 6 Detention and Treatment of Suspected Terrorists under the European Convention on Human Rights
- 7 Australia's Commonwealth Model and Terrorism
- 8 Judicial Rejection as Substantial Relief: The Israeli Supreme Court and the “War on Terror”
- 9 Preserving Rights and Protecting the Public: The Italian Experience
- 10 Squaring the Circle? Fighting Terror while Consolidating Democracy in Spain
- 11 From Exception to Normalcy: Law, the Judiciary, Civil Rights, and Terrorism in Colombia, 1984–2004
- Conclusion: Lessons Learned
- Cases Cited
- Statutes Cited
- References
- Index
7 - Australia's Commonwealth Model and Terrorism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- COURTS AND TERRORISM
- Introduction
- 1 Detentions and Security versus Liberty in Times of National Emergency
- 2 One More Casualty of the “War on Terror”
- 3 State Secrets and Democratic Values
- 4 What Lessons Can Be Drawn from a Sui Generis Case? The Global “War on Terror” and Northern Ireland
- 5 The British Experience with Terrorism: From the IRA to Al Qaeda
- 6 Detention and Treatment of Suspected Terrorists under the European Convention on Human Rights
- 7 Australia's Commonwealth Model and Terrorism
- 8 Judicial Rejection as Substantial Relief: The Israeli Supreme Court and the “War on Terror”
- 9 Preserving Rights and Protecting the Public: The Italian Experience
- 10 Squaring the Circle? Fighting Terror while Consolidating Democracy in Spain
- 11 From Exception to Normalcy: Law, the Judiciary, Civil Rights, and Terrorism in Colombia, 1984–2004
- Conclusion: Lessons Learned
- Cases Cited
- Statutes Cited
- References
- Index
Summary
Australia may have been as far removed from the tragic events of September 11, 2001, as any country could be, but it was not untouched or unaffected. Ten Australians were killed by the terrorist attacks on that fateful day, and Prime Minister John Howard, who happened to be in Washington, D.C., preparing to deliver an address the next day to a joint session of Congress, was just a few miles away when one of the hijacked airplanes crashed into the Pentagon (Guerrera, 2004: 12; U.S. State Department, 2001). He was evacuated from his hotel by the U.S. Secret Service and rushed to the basement of the Australian Embassy (Romei, Eccleston, & Shenahan, 2001: 1). Although his planned address was canceled, he was honored with a standing ovation and stayed to witness Congress's historic debate condemning terrorism on the day after the attacks. Cutting short his official state visit to the United States, the Prime Minister returned to Australia, and his government commenced work on what would become an extensive new counterterrorism program.
This chapter examines Australia's new security legislation enacted in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The legislation introduced new offenses and powers similar to those adopted in other countries: amending the criminal law to include new definitions of terrorist acts, including providing financial support to any group on a list of suspected terrorist organizations; establishing procedures for preventive detention and control orders; and authorizing new powers of intelligence gathering, interrogation of terrorist suspects, and electronic surveillance.
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- Courts and TerrorismNine Nations Balance Rights and Security, pp. 134 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010
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