Australian Labor Government Steps Up Secret Surveillance of Protests
Submitted on January 11, 2012
By Mike Head - WSWS
Documents released...under freedom of information laws have shed light on the Labor government’s increasing use of the security apparatus...to monitor protesters and anyone else regarded as a threat to Australian corporate interests...As a result of the “counter-terrorism” legislation introduced over the past decade, [Australian Security Intelligence Organisation] and the [Australian Federal Police]...have extensive powers, including to secretly search premises, intercept telecommunications, hack into computers and detain people for interrogation or investigation.
