PROTESTERS BEWARE: A MONSTROUS TRAP IS LAID IN THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT

Last year I discussed the proposed Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 which is currently before the Australian federal government. The amendment proposes to give the AFP and ACIC the power to add, delete or modify data, to collect data from devices, intercept communications, use surveillance, and to take over accounts.

As if these things weren't bad enough, the amendment also seeks to allow police unprecedented powers to detain, question and otherwise remove the rights of people suspected of involvement in organising or even just attending protests, as well as for pretty much any political or quasi-political activity the government does not like.

Orally issued "questioning warrants" are proposed which will allow police to detain, question and seize property on a preemptive basis, in other words in the absence of any actual crime. They can also remove or prevent contact with "disruptive" lawyers and select a lawyer of their own choice instead, and remove the right to silence under questioning. Suspected protest organisers can be held without charge for 28 days. Tracking devices can also be used without the need for a warrant,

The amendment "engages with", ie explicitly overrides, a range of constitutional human rights. This is seriously concerning stuff. The blunt instrument of protests is not effective anyway. Time for the resistance to get smart and strategic.

Original video here - https://www.bitchute.com/video/6inynJ3nZjrO/