The law of silence: how Labor made ASIO’s powers permanent

The law of silence: how Labor made ASIO’s powers permanent

Pipe up and spill the beans skip, you’re not going anywhere! Image Ziggi Browning / Firefly AI On Thursday, 20 August the Federal Senate passed the ASIO Amendment Bill (No. 2). A compulsory questioning warrant lets ASIO require a person who has never been charged, and may never be, to appear and answer questions. Refusing is a criminal offence carrying a potential sentence of years in prison. So is telling anyone it happened: a husband, a mother…