Labor’s response to the indefinite detention ruling smacks of government overreach | George Newhouse and Duncan Fine

The high court’s decision simply brings Australia in line with other democracies. Instead, it has been politicised

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It’s depressing but totally predictable that the only time you ever hear about the workings of the criminal justice system is when conservative politicians and their boosters in the media complain about the need to lock people up and throw away the key.

Difficult questions about the balance between the fundamental right to individual liberty and how that interplays with government power over our lives and the right for us to live in a safe and non-violent society can be tossed aside as merely academic.

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