Since you know the date this came into effect so well, does this mean
that your are with the police?
Trudy
Karen Crook wrote:
>
> For those who don't know, these powers were actually introduced on April 6
> 1999 - so they have already been in use for quite some time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Trudy and Rod Bray
> Sent: Saturday, 18 March 2000 5:36 PM
> To: RecOzNet2
> Subject: [recoznet2] [fwd] ATSIC Media Release: Queensland: The Police
> State?
>
> Forwarded from Christine Howes:
>
> ATSIC Media Release: Queensland: The Police State?
>
> ATSIC has joined civil liberties groups and Queensland's Anti
> Discrimination
> Commissioner in warning of a massive increase in arbitrary and
> unappealable
> police powers, including controversial new "move on" provisions.
>
> ATSIC Commissioner for Brisbane Patricia Thompson, today called for
> Premier
> Peter Beattie to suspend the passage of the bill through State
> Parliament
> to allow for adequate parliamentary and public scrutiny.
>
> "The Police Powers and Responsibilities Bill contains a massive increase
> in
> arbitrary police powers, but it has had almost no parliamentary or
> public
> scrutiny," Commissioner Thompson said.
>
> "The provisions of the bill are an unprecedented assault on the basic
> rights
> and liberties of all Queenslanders.
>
> "Alarm bells should be ringing for every member of the Queensland
> Parliament over many aspects this legislation, not just the 'move on'
> provisions.
>
> "Yet there has hardly been a murmur from politicians or the mainstream
> media
> over this.
>
> "There clearly needs to be a lot more public and parliamentary scrutiny
> of
> these measures unless the Government is prepared to wear the odium of
> Queensland being portrayed as a police state."
>
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