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Article: Journos slam secrecy of ASIO Act.(Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act)(Brief Article)
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- Australasian Business Intelligence
- Article date:
- April 25, 2005
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Apr 25, 2005 (Privacy Alert - ABIX via COMTEX)
A number of journalists have made submissions to a joint Parliamentary committee. As at 20 April 2005, the committee has reviewed 90 submissions pertaining to Division III part 3 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Act. The deadline for submissions was 24 March. Under the current legislation, journalists can receive a maximum five-year jail term for breaches the section of the Act that restricts the reporting of ASIO warrants for 28 days. Journalists claim the Act infringes on the rights of freedom of information and the public's right to ...