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"Submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) September 2013"--Title page.
Author(s) affiliated with: Griffith University, Australian National University, The University of Queensland Australia, Charles Sturt University.
Summary
"This submission comprises four parts. Part one identifies the issues under current NSI Act and, more generally, the doctrine of PII. Part two emphasises the political challenges that judges faces in dealing with sensitive information in legal proceedings, as well as the principles of fairness that must be considered. Part three sets out the key questions that need to be addressed when making non-disclosure decisions. Part four identifies and discusses important safeguards that should be considered in any reform of the current legislation. This submission has been written with a focus on criminal procedures. However, the same considerations apply to civil proceedings, many of which in this field will have coercive effects impacting negatively on the rights and liberties of a person. Given of what is at stake, it is submitted that the both types of proceedings – civil and criminal - must observe equivalent standards of fairness."--Page 6.