Robert,
Who is saying that ? A straw man :) But surely anybody suspected of aiding, or planning, o perpetrating, terrorist acts should b confined ?

The great majority of Muslims are law-abiding Australians, but in their midst, there may be people planning terrorist attacks. If they are apprehended, what to do with them ? Let them live near your place ?

Joe

The internment of ethnic Japanese during the war was a racist atrocity as it locked people up because of their ancestry, not because of their religion or ideology. Something similar happened to people of German ancestry in Australia - they were interned at Tatura and included many anti-Nazis who came into conflict with Nazi internees.

The problem with this matter is its connection to the constitution, and the state of the Nation not being at war, determines that the defence power available to Parliament are subjective to the state of the Nations propensity for war.
Since we are living in a time of total peace, without the observance of any propensity at all of a war situation, then the constitution protects the civil rights of its inhabitants.
In other words, there is no case for war, therefore there is no case to impinge on the civil rights of any Australian, as the red headed maggot would have us do!

Hi Dan,

So what's it like on your planet ? ISIS says it is at war with the entire West. Its supporters have murdered how many Australians just this year ? Should THEIR supporters be allowed to walk free ? I don't think so.

Terrorists hope that by using that weapon, terror, random killing of innocent people, they can scare us into sucking up to them. For terror to work, terrorists don't have to kill great numbers of people, just spread the notion of sheer randomness, that anybody could be killed for no reason at any time. It clearly seems to be working amongst the 'Left', and infects even the government. The churches seem to have buckled.

So no, we are NOT living in a time of 'total peace' and you know it. The fight is not of our choosing, but we'll choose when and how to finish it. That may take some time, especially with the gutless in our midst, exhorting us to stop, be nice, and maybe they'll go away.

Joe

Well Joe, by your own admission, you were a communist once, true?
What was your opinion of Menzies failed attempt to ban the communist party in 1951?
It became a constitutional argument which went to referendum for defeat by the people of this country.
This latest fracas over terrorism, ( which is becoming debatable whether it is in all cases actually terrorism) , is heading in the same direction.
We are actually in a glaringly obvious moment in time that highlights the need for a bill of rights to keep politicians head down, and begin protecting citizens rights from the likes of Hanson, who would love to intern all Muslims, and her other arch enemy, the Australian Aboriginal.
Your thoughts now!

How many people have become victims of terrorism in Australia?

On body count alone, we should be interning dangerous drivers and DUI drivers, who have killed thousands more people over the last few decades than terrorists. We should be interning smokers, who have killed themselves in the thousands. We should be interning husbands and male intimate partners, who have killed far more women than terrorists have.

Some internments are more equal than others.