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Down Under
Australian Attorney-General says national terror laws could be tightened
2007-07-05
CHANGES could be made to Australia's counter-terrorism laws dictating how long a person can be detained without charge, Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said today. Current laws allow authorities to hold a person without charge for a period of 48 hours.

The laws are being used in the case of Indian national Mohammed Haneef, who is being questioned in Brisbane this afternoon by Australian Federal Police officers and the chief inspector from London's Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Unit. The unnamed senior British officer flew in to Brisbane earlier today.
First class on BA, with a suitcase full of truncheons that won't have to be declared at customs ...
Dr Haneef, a registrar at the Gold Coast Hospital, is one of eight health workers arrested in connection with the plot and the only person detained outside Britain. He was arrested on Monday night at Brisbane International Airport and, with authorities receiving a court order for his detention on Tuesday, can be held without charge until tonight.

Mr Ruddock today said the counter-terrorism laws are under ongoing review, and did not rule out changes to the time frame for detention without charge. "There may well be some finessing of some issues," Mr Ruddock said on ABC Radio today. "There are also some outstanding reports, where there were additional factors raised, which the Government is giving consideration.

"So I would not foreclose further amendments.

"I'm not ruling anything out and I'm not ruling anything in."
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