In the light of the way prison authorities appear to have taken upon themselves a frontline role in the “war on terror”, a Maundy Thursday ruling is a very welcome step, writes Brisbane barrister Stephen Keim.
War on terror
Sparrow: Climate change is the new terror
Climate change does for Liberals what terrorism does for Labor – which is why a focus on global warming in the last days of the campaign is bad news for John Howard, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Where’s the war in this election campaign?
Despite this election’s outward appearance, Australia is a nation at war. Surely that demands serious answers and merits significant navel-gazing from both the electorate and the electoral aspirants, writes GetUp’s Ed Coper.
Musharraf would enjoy Janet Albrechtsen’s writings
While one wouldn’t make a comparison between Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf and John Howard or Philip Ruddock, or even the UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, they all have one thing in common – they each think that the judiciary and lawyers get in the way of the fight against terrorism, writes Greg Barns.
Bartlett: Don’t sack the minister, change the migration act
Any inquiry into the conduct of the case against Dr Haneef would be remiss if it did not include a thorough examination and revision of aspects of migration law, writes Senator Andrew Bartlett.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Crikey Says – 24 July, 2007
Developments have been slow coming in the latter stages of the Haneef case. The initial tumult of detention, arrest, court, bail and character assassination has subsided leaving Dr Haneef cooling his famously barefoot heels while the Australian Federal Police go about the comparatively dour task of assembling their case, strand by strand.
