Government will announce plans to strip Australian terrorists of citizenship this week, Tony Abbott says
I'm wondering what the safeguards are for this legislation?
I understand the need to limit the exposure to extremism, however I'm reminded of the witch hunts in the USA for Communists and the reign of McCarthyism ...
Imagine if this legislation is abused by corporate & political rivals? Will we see an Australia where people live in fear of speaking their mind?
Will we see neighbours dobbing in neighbours? Will we feel less safe in our own country because we're afraid to speak our minds on other issues? Will this 'extremism' grow to include anything we think and say that the government sees as a threat to them?
Very concerning development in our country. I hope the safe guards are built into the legislation and not left to the 'discretionary power' of the agencies enforcing it.
What do you think?
