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It took me just a couple of minutes to find the bill in question, read up on it and find that most of the claims made in this article are incorrect.

It's not "rushed through parliament in 24 hours", it's been in a process since at least December 2020. The 'without a judge' part is strongly misleading:

  (5)  If subsection (4) applies, the applicant must:
  
  (a)  provide as much information as the eligible Judge or nominated AAT member considers is reasonably practicable in the circumstances; and

  (b)  not later than 72 hours after the making of the application, send a duly sworn affidavit to the eligible Judge or nominated AAT member, whether or not a warrant has been issued.
Subsection (4) is about immediate threats.

The AAT's decisions "are subject to review by the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia" (Wikipedia).

https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display....

This is just the digital equivalent of a police officer being able to arrest you without a court order.

parent 8372049 5 years ago

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