John North Quotes on Law & Regulation (3 Quotes)

Wait until these laws are abused or misused and then the people of Australia will turn on them for bringing in, in peace-time, laws that allow Australians to be locked up without charge.

The alternative philosophy is best put by the president of the Law Council of Australia, John North. The major concern is that when a government gives power to police to stop, arrest, question and detain for long periods people not reasonably suspected of a crime we have crossed into uncharted territory, ... Nothing can justify giving up such fundamental rights.

When Ruddock starts slapping anklets on these people, their own lawyers would immediately mount challenges,