Review of ASIO’s Questioning and Detention Powers
The Law Council of Australia attended a hearing of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (the Committee) Review of ASIO’s Questioning and Detention Powers on 9 August 2017.
In response to questions from the Shadow Attorney-General, the Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP, and the Hon Anthony Byrne MP, and evidence provided to the Committee by the Attorney-General’s Department and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Law Council has prepared this supplementary submission to further inform the Committee’s consideration of the relevant powers.