Senate debates

Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Bills

Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020; In Committee

10:47 am

Photo of Lidia ThorpeLidia Thorpe (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

[by video link] What safeguards are in place to protect innocent people out there—for example, people organising a Black Lives Matter rally? How are those people going to be protected in this bill? Can you please articulate how that will be safeguarded? I understand that the bill is about very serious offences. The Australian Greens will support it, in terms of keeping children safe and keeping our country safe, but there are innocent people who could be targeted through this bill. Can you articulate how those safeguards are going to be in place so that doesn't happen?

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