Abstract
This paper details the threats to civil liberties in Australia attendant upon rushed legislative efforts (during 2002) to deal with international terrorism. It is therefore indicative of the dangers of opportunistic political responses in countries which have not incurred terrorism directly and which may need more sustained debate about the nature and appropriateness of unprecedented and extra‐judicial powers. The potential for the criminalisation of politics is demonstrated here through an examination of the ASIO Act Amendment Bill 2002 and the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002. The paper criticises the detention, proscription and executive control of normal political activity which these Bills proposed.
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