ASIO asks for detention powers without warrant from judge

 

ASIO head Duncan Lewis says a streamlining of the process "would be most desirable".

ASIO has proposed scrapping the need for judge-approved warrants to detain and question Australians for up to a week without charge in terrorism investigations, in a watering down of safeguards that has alarmed lawyers and rights advocates.

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