It is probably too late for this, but I've been overseas (in two real police states).

Keelty and the AFP were seriously in breach of the rule of law, in their double failure to release to Haneef and his team information that would help Haneef's case.

They repeatedly showed their lack of commitment to democratic principles in their failure to put forward cases for their demands for more police powers until it was too late for those cases to be tested and challenged. An excellent example is the B-Party interception powers.

They, along with the State police services, sought powers supposedly to protect us against terrorism, but saw to it that those powers extended to the investigation of a wide range of crimes, most of them not involving any threat to life. Those powers have been used mainly to investigate the lesser crimes. No justification has been offered for this, except that the powers are useful.

Members of the Bali nine face the death penalty because the AFP alerted the Indonesian police to the nine's activities, instead of arresting the latter in Australia.

When Mick Keelty first came to office, he was notable for his attack on corruption within the AFP. He has built up a strong relationship between the AFP and other police forces in South East Asia. He has been vigorous in an attempt to protect us against the threat of terrorism, which he correctly saw was created or increased by Australia's participation in the Iraq war. Some faults could therefore be excused--if he had been prepared to admit them. Instead, he has become stubborn in the face of evidence and argument. We cannot afford a top police officer who refuses to change his mind. Not can we afford one who has less than a full commitment to democratic values.

All Well said but somewhat lacking in salients.
Despite wanting to be a world citizen I believe myself primarily an Australian.
I cannot any longer be a Queenslander ‘cos queensland no longer exists as a lawful entity.

I cannot get past how the Aussie media just keeps griping about the awful things happening to foreigners. I'm past believing it is other than distraction from truth.

No-one has worked out yet that our ‘raffle winners’ (those floggers who ‘win’ elections) are bound to several constitutions within our Commonwealth of states yet by omission keep causing immense grief for people overseas or those wanting to come and settle here.

Face it. You’d have to be mentally deficient if you hadn’t worked out the displacement and disinformation game our ‘media use to keep us all distracted from important issues within Australia.

It is also about time that the ‘Indigenous Australians’ are those who were born here. The skin colour doesn’t matter a good goddamn if we can all get to embrace our common concerns, share in effort and fight the hate caused by the greedy.

What’s this to do with Kelty?
Wake up and think.
We had to create a hate during the Howard Reich. Terrorists all had dusky skin.
Then it reached the stage when Australians with dusky skin became suspect.
Then anyone associating with that sort – but, thank God, we had an election before that happened.
But I just remembered. I have a motorcycle license !!