Australian Minister 'leaks' draft of anti-terror bill

October 15, 2005 

Jon Stanhope, the Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister, has posted a confidential draft of the proposed Australian anti-terror bill to his website. Mr Stanhope says he hopes posting draft counter-terrorism laws on his website will open community debate about the issue and has stated that he will not comply with instructions from the Commonwealth to remove the document. The Australian Labor Party is backing his actions. 
The main impetus for the action appears to be the short amount of time the Senate committee will have to debate the bill; just one day. In particular the Greens Senator Bob Brown has accused the Government of engineering the circumstances that only allow a one-day inquiry. 
"It was an extraordinary premeditated attack on the Senate committee system and effectively made the committee system a farce," said Senator Brown. Others, including the Australian Law Council, have expressed concerns about the scope of the proposed bill.
Australian Minister ' leaks ' draft of anti - terror bill October 15 , 2005 Jon Stanhope , the Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister , has posted a confidential draft of the proposed Australian anti - terror bill to his website . Mr Stanhope says he hopes posting draft counter - terrorism laws on his website will open community debate about the issue and has stated that he will not comply with instructions from the Commonwealth to remove the document . The Australian Labor Party is backing his actions . The main impetus for the action appears to be the short amount of time the Senate committee will have to debate the bill ; just one day . In particular the Greens Senator Bob Brown has accused the Government of engineering the circumstances that only allow a one - day inquiry . " It was an extraordinary premeditated attack on the Senate committee system and effectively made the committee system a farce , " said Senator Brown . Others , including the Australian Law Council , have expressed concerns about the scope of the proposed bill .
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