Australia Passes Bill to Detain Terrorists Indefinitely

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Australia Passes Bill to Detain Terrorists Indefinitely
by Naharnet Newsdesk 1 hour ago

High-risk terror offenders in Australia may now be kept in jail even after serving their sentences, under legislation passed Thursday that strengthens laws to tackle the threat posed by extremists.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull flagged the move in July, prompted by the frequency and severity of attacks around the world.

It will allow Attorney-General George Brandis to apply for an extension 12 months before a sentence expires.

For this to happen, the Supreme Court would need to be satisfied that the offender poses an unacceptable risk of committing a serious terrorism offence if released into the community.

"This bill strengthens the ability of our security agencies to continue to detain somebody if they've committed serious terrorism offences... and they have not been rehabilitated," Justice Minister Michael Keenan told parliament.

"We are not going to allow people who haven't been rehabilitated in prison to be released and then go on to harm our fellow Australians."

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"We've also had four attacks in Australia during this period, and because of the great work of our counter-terrorism authorities, we have stopped a further 11 attacks."

Source
Agence France Presse

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/221280-australia-passes-bill-to-detain-terrorists-indefinitely

Sounds like a plan:

For this to happen, the Supreme Court would need to be satisfied that the offender poses an unacceptable risk of committing a serious terrorism offence if released into the community.

A bit of a threshold to meet.