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Labor’s Shayne Neumann blasts intervention order proposal to deradicalise extremists
Tom Minear, National Political Reporter, Herald Sun
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A POLICE-backed intervention order regime to help deradicalise extremists has been blasted by Labor as “real nanny state stuffâ€.
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Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann hit out at the proposal this morning, saying the scheme — which would mirror family violence intervention orders — would be “an extraordinary intervention†into the lives of extremists.
“This is real nanny state stuff, this is almost totalitarian intervention into people’s domestic and family life without the individual ... committing any act,†Mr Neumann said.
He made the comments during a parliamentary hearing with Police Federation of Australia chief Mark Burgess, who said the national police union body supported the intervention order scheme in principle.
It has been developed by government MP Jason Wood, a former counter-terror officer in Victoria, who has been lobbying Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
The orders would result in extremists being banned from accessing radical content online, interacting with other extremists and going to specified places of worship.
They would also be referred to deradicalisation programs and counselling services, with the involvement of vetted religious and community leaders.
But Mr Neumann questioned how police could get evidence for the orders “if someone just goes on a computer screen or just looks at somethingâ€.
“If they engage in a conspiracy to commit a crime, that’s another thing, they can be charged, but if they just engage in some sort of radical behaviour or radical thought, rather, that’s not a crime,†he said.
“Even though we might find it utterly distasteful and abhorrent to democracy, that is not a crime.â€
Mr Neumann’s comments come after all state and territory leaders supported Mr Turnbull in creating a new Commonwealth offence to target people accessing instructional terror material.
Mr Wood said police urgently needed the tools to deal with extremists, such as the intervention order scheme, and the “wait-and-see approach†was not good enough.
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Labor’s Shayne Neumann blasts intervention order proposal to deradicalise extremists
Tom Minear, National Political Reporter, Herald Sun
Turnbull to push for pre-charge detention laws
Melbourne terror attack targets flagged
A POLICE-backed intervention order regime to help deradicalise extremists has been blasted by Labor as “real nanny state stuffâ€.
FORMER COUNTER-TERROR OFFICER JASON WOOD WARNED ABOUT INTERVENTION LAWS
Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann hit out at the proposal this morning, saying the scheme — which would mirror family violence intervention orders — would be “an extraordinary intervention†into the lives of extremists.
“This is real nanny state stuff, this is almost totalitarian intervention into people’s domestic and family life without the individual ... committing any act,†Mr Neumann said.
He made the comments during a parliamentary hearing with Police Federation of Australia chief Mark Burgess, who said the national police union body supported the intervention order scheme in principle.
It has been developed by government MP Jason Wood, a former counter-terror officer in Victoria, who has been lobbying Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Opposition immigration and border protection spokesman Shayne Neumann with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
The orders would result in extremists being banned from accessing radical content online, interacting with other extremists and going to specified places of worship.
They would also be referred to deradicalisation programs and counselling services, with the involvement of vetted religious and community leaders.
But Mr Neumann questioned how police could get evidence for the orders “if someone just goes on a computer screen or just looks at somethingâ€.
“If they engage in a conspiracy to commit a crime, that’s another thing, they can be charged, but if they just engage in some sort of radical behaviour or radical thought, rather, that’s not a crime,†he said.
“Even though we might find it utterly distasteful and abhorrent to democracy, that is not a crime.â€
Mr Neumann’s comments come after all state and territory leaders supported Mr Turnbull in creating a new Commonwealth offence to target people accessing instructional terror material.
Mr Wood said police urgently needed the tools to deal with extremists, such as the intervention order scheme, and the “wait-and-see approach†was not good enough.