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Terrorism and War Archive



Since the September 11 attack, terrorism has become an important issue and is the subject of one of the Centre's projects.

Andrew Lynch and Nicola McGarrity write for Australian Policy Online on the need for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the rendition of Mamdouh Habib

Andrew Lynch, Nicola McGarrity and George Williams make a submission to the Clarke Inquiry into the case of Dr Mohamed Haneef

Edwina MacDonald and George Williams write in the Griffith Review on Combating Terrorism

Andrew Lynch responds to reports of the new Commonwealth government’s new approach to national security in Australian Policy Online

Andrew Lynch and George Williams discuss the legislative response of the Howard government to the threat of terrorism in a special edition of Chain Reaction on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights

Andrew Lynch discusses the reaction to the Court of Appeal's overturning of Jack Thomas' conviction in August last year in the Adelaide Law Review
Andrew Lynch considers the Federal Court decision overturning the Immigration Minister's revocation of Dr Haneef's visa in the Age
Andrew Lynch argues the Haneef case highlights the error in `balancing` rights against security in the Australian
Centre Director Professor George Williams writes in the Australian on the need for an inquiry into the Haneef case

Andrew Lynch discusses the Haneef affair on ABC Radio’s Law Report

Centre visitor, Lawrence McNamara, writes on the Haneef charge for the Australian

Andrew Lynch considers the terrorism charge against Dr Mohamed Haneef in the Age
Andrew Lynch considers the Commonwealth government’s record on anti-terrorism in the Courier-Mail
Centre staff make a submission to the NSW Ombudsman’s Office Review of Parts 2A and 3 of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 (NSW) (13 June 2007)

Centre staff make a submission in response to the Attorney-General’s Department’s Discussion Paper on ‘Material that Advocates Terrorist Acts’ (25 May 2007)

Centre Director Professor George Williams speaks on ABC Radio National`s Perspective on anti-terror laws
Centre Director Professor George Williams and Edwina MacDonald write in the Age and Courier Mail on the charging of David Hicks
Centre Director Professor George Williams speaks on the World Today about the trial of David Hicks
Centre Director Professor George Williams appears on ABC Television`s Lateline on the trial of David Hicks
Edwina MacDonald and Centre Director Professor George Williams write in the Courier Mail, Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun on Hicks' guilty plea
Andrew Lynch writes in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age on the significance of David Hicks`s guilty plea
Andrew Lynch discusses the present status of Jack Thomas – the man subject to Australia’s first control order on ABC Radio National
Andrew Lynch and Alexander Reilly publish ‘The Constitutionality Validity of Terrorism Orders of Control and Preventative Detentionin the Flinders Journal of Law Reform
Andrew Lynch publishes ‘Legislating with Urgency – the Enactment of Anti-Terrorism Act [No 1] 2005in the Melbourne University Law Review
Submission made to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security on the Criminal Code Act 1995 (9 February 2007)
Andrew Lynch and Centre Director Professor George Williams write in the Australian on the making and review of anti-terrorism laws
Edwina MacDonald and Centre Director Professor George Williams write in Uniken on academic freedom in the age of terror
Edwina MacDonald and Centre Director Professor George Williams prepare a paper on terrorism and criminal law in Australia for the 10th International Criminal Law Congress in Perth
Andrew Lynch comments on media coverage of the Victorian Court of Appeal'squashing of Jack Thomas’ conviction in Lawyers Weekly
Andrew Lynch considers the results of Amnesty’s Anti-Terrorism Legislation Community Survey on Australian Policy Online

Andrew Lynch and Edwina MacDonald write in the Australian Financial Review on the Court of Appeal’s decision in the Thomas case

'Use of overseas evidence in terrorism offences: The implications of the Commonwealth's new scheme for defendants and the courts' Australian Bar Review (August 2006)
'Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Assessing the Legal Response of Common Law Nations to the Threat of Terrorism' (2006) 8 Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 43-62 (March 2006)
George Williams and David Hume write on new federal interception powers over email and SMS in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (3 April 2006)
Andrew Lynch writes in the Canberra Times about the process being adopted when legislating on terrorism (3 April 2006)
George Williams and intern David Hume write on new email and SMS interception laws in the Herald Sun, Mercury and Courier Mail (24 March)
Submission made to United Nations Study on Human Rights Compliance while Countering Terrorism (Australa) (13 March 2006)
Submission made to the International Commission of Jurists Eminent Jurist Panel Inquiry into Australia`s Counter-Terrorism Laws (10 March 2006)
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry on Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006 (10 March 2006)
Centre Submission to Security Legislation Review Committee on 2003 Anti-Terrorism Legislation (1 February 2006)
Centre Submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Anti-Terrorism Bill discussed in The Age
Andrew Lynch comments on the role played by last week’s urgent legislation in the terrorism arrests in the Sydney Morning Herald (10 November 2005)
Andrew Lynch discusses the significance of the terrorism raids and arrests for the debate over new laws in the Canberra Times (10 November 2005)
Andrew Lynch discusses the new Anti-Terrorism Act (No 1) on the ABC`s The 7.30 Report (3 November 2005)
Andrew Lynch comments on th emergency passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act (No 1) in the Sydney Morning Herald (3 November 2005)
Andrew Lynch writes for The Age on the use by Australian courts of evidence gained through torture (2 November 2005)
Briefing on Sedition Offences in the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005 (1 November 2005)
George Williams speaks on ABC Radio`s Law Report on proposed anti-terror laws (1 November 2005)
Andrew Lynch discusses the new terrorism laws on Radio National Breakfast`s Friday Panel (28 October 2005)

George Williams writes in the Sydney Morning Herald , The Age and Courier Mail on Australian and UK terror laws (27 October 2005)

Andrew Lynch discusses the effect of the planned Video Link Evidence Bill upon the rights of a defendant in a terrorism prosecution for CCH Premium News website (27 October 2005)
George Williams, speaks on ABC Radio`s AM and ABC TV`s Lateline on the Constitution and terror laws (25 October 2005)
Ben Saul’s examines the impact of proposed sedition laws on the media in The Australian (20 October 2005)
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Link Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005 (16 October 2005)
Ben Saul argues in The Age that new sedition laws will undermine free speech (19 October 2005)
Ben Saul writes for the Sydney Morning Herald on Without Safeguards, New Laws are Suspect (19 September 2005)
Ben Saul writes for The Australian on overseas terrorism laws (16 September 2005)
Centre Director writes in the Australian Financial Review on the proposal for new Australian counter-terrorism laws (16 September 2005)
Ben Saul writes on briefing on September 2005 terrorism laws (15 September 2005)
Ben Saul reviews The Torture Papers and Centre Associate Ben Golder reviews two books on Guantanamo in the Sydney Law Review (September 2005)
Andrew Lynch and Ben Saul discuss the possible ramifications of the Commonwealth's proposal to create an offence of inciting political violence in The Australian (14 September 2005)
Centre Associate Ben Golder reviews Elaine C Hagopian (ed), Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims for Current Issues in Criminal Justice

Centre Associate Ben Golder talks on the symbolic politics of counter-terrorism legislation at the Critical Legal Conference 2005, University of Kent at Canterbury (2 September 2005)

Andrew Lynch argues in The Age that public polling demonstrates the willingness to strike a proper balance between national security and our existing freedoms (4 August 2005)

Centre Director writes for Borderlands e-journal on Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Lessons from Australia (Vol 4 No 1 2005)

Andrew Lynch writes on the significance of the London bombings for legal responses to terrorism in The Age (9 July 2005) and the Courier-Mail (11 July 2005)

Centre Director delivers Fulbright Public Lecture at the University of Melbourne on Balancing National Security and Human Rights: Lessons from Australia. Extract published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Adelaide Advertiser and The Age (27 June 2005)

Ben Saul speaks on Torture Degrades Us All at International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Amnesty Internationaland the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (26 June 2005)
Centre Director and Devika Hovell provide advice to Dick Smith on whether David Hicks could be charged under Australian law (24 June 2005)

Devika Hovell writes on International Law, Terrorism and the Use of Force in the new special edition of the University of New South Wales Law Journal (Vol 27/2 2005)

Centre Director speaks on ABC Radio`s PM (19 May 2005) and writes with Ben Saul in the Sydney Morning Herald and Courier Mail (23 May 2005) about extending ASIO`s anti-terrorism powers
Bill of Rights Project Director Ben Saul writes on torture for the Sydney Morning Herald (18 May 2005)

Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on National Security Information Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 (6 April 2005)

Submission made to Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on Questioning and Detention Powers (24 March 2005)

Ben Golder and Centre Director write for On Line Opinion on The Tricky Problem of Defining Terrorism (11 March 2005)

Devika Hovell writes in The Age on Prosecution of David Hicks by Australian courts (27 September 2004)
Centre Director writes for NewMatilda.com on Speak No Evil – Security Law on the Books (1 September 2004)
Centre Director writes for The Age on the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2004 (30 April 2004)
Centre Director appears before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee in its inquiries into the Republic and the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2004
Centre Director writes for the Australian Financial Review on Changing the Way we go to War (21 November 2003)
Centre Director and Devika Hovell write on the Legality of the Use of Force Against Iraq (2003) 4 Melbourne Journal of International Law 177-195
Centre Director writes in The Australian on the amended ASIO Bill (27 June 2003)
Centre Director writes in The Age on the ASIO Bill (24 June 2003)
Legal opinion requested by Leader of the Opposition, Mr Simon Crean, regarding legality of war against Iraq (20 March 2003)
Devika Hovell and Centre Director write in the Sydney Morning Herald on the Legality of War in Iraq (17 March 2003)
'Australian Values and the War Against Terrorism’ delivered by Centre Director at National Press Club Telstra Australia Day Address, National Press Club (29 January 2003)
Centre Director writes for the Sydney Morning Herald on the Senate Inquiry into the ASIO Bill (5 December 2002)
‘The Rule of Law and Human Rights in Australia after Bali’ delivered at Bali, Terrorism and Australia, Australian Policy Online Forum, Melbourne (18 November 2002)
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee on Inquiry into proposed ASIO legislation (4 November 2002)
'The ASIO Bill' delivered at ALP Government Service and Delivery Caucus Committee, Parliament House, Canberra (26 August 2002)
‘One Year On: Australia’s Legal Response to September 11’ (2002) 27 Alternative Law Journal 212-215, 232
'Australia’s Legal Response to September 11: The Need to Safeguard Democracy while Fighting Terrorism’ delivered at ‘The War on Terrorism’: Democracy Under Challenge, Victorian Trades Hall Council, Melbourne (9 August 2002) (also available at Australian Policy Online)
Submission made to Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD on ‘Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002’ (30 April 2002)
Submission made to Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on Inquiry into Proposed Terrorism Legislation (3 April 2002 )
 









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