Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent

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But Australian government will expand offences covered by rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on defence system Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Labor has quietly backed down on moves to make spy agency Asio’s powers for compulsory questioning permanent, but will expand offences covered by the rules to include promotion of communal violence and attacks on Australia’s defence system. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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