We don't have a Bill of Rights to guarantee our democracy. Attempts to take democracy away from us are made step by step and this is a step in the wrong direction. And the previous government had already taken steps in the wrong direction. The guy is a hypocrite because he made significant use of the media to distort the facts of this case. If we'd believed his media presentation without the ability to present the other side I don't think Haneef would have been given justice. It would have disappeared because we wouldn't have fought for him because we didn't know the full picture. At least now he has the right to return if he should wish to.
This guy and the Oz government, at the time, used the media in an attempt to mislead us by presenting a one-sided view of the case. They complained when Haneef's legal team made effective rebuttal through the media. Investigative journalism uncovered they're weak case which was, by all appearances, built in co-ordination with the government. That's already mixing executive and legislative power and now he tries to breakdown our democracy further by "delaying" public comment on ongoing (for years?) terrorism cases.
The guy is a sore loser and has dangerous ideas.
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We don't have a Bill of Rights to guarantee our democracy. Attempts to take democracy away from us are made step by step and this is a step in the wrong direction. And the previous government had already taken steps in the wrong direction. The guy is a hypocrite because he made significant use of the media to distort the facts of this case. If we'd believed his media presentation without the ability to present the other side I don't think Haneef would have been given justice. It would have disappeared because we wouldn't have fought for him because we didn't know the full picture. At least now he has the right to return if he should wish to.
This guy and the Oz government, at the time, used the media in an attempt to mislead us by presenting a one-sided view of the case. They complained when Haneef's legal team made effective rebuttal through the media. Investigative journalism uncovered they're weak case which was, by all appearances, built in co-ordination with the government. That's already mixing executive and legislative power and now he tries to breakdown our democracy further by "delaying" public comment on ongoing (for years?) terrorism cases. The guy is a sore loser and has dangerous ideas.