https://www.scmp.com/rss/510754/feed Rebecca Ananian-Welsh is a Senior Lecturer with the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland where she teaches and researches in public law, focussing on the courts, national security and press freedom. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Australia is a long way from New York and Washington DC, but the September 11 terror attacks had a profound impact Down Under. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Australian troops became embroiled in decades-long insurgencies. At home, the attacks had enduring impacts on Australia’s legal system. Before September 11, the country had zero national counterterrorism laws. Now, it has 92 of them, amounting to more than 5,000 pages of rules, powers and offences. These laws have reshaped ideas about criminal... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3148232/september-11-australia-had-no-counterterrorism-laws-now-it-has-92?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3148232/september-11-australia-had-no-counterterrorism-laws-now-it-has-92?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:26:37 +0000