http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3473129a12,00.html
"Australia is pushing ahead with tough new anti-terrorism laws despite Muslim and civil liberties leaders questioning their necessity a day after police arrested 17 men on charges of planning a terrorist attack. Opponents of the new legislation said the arrests on Tuesday in the nation's biggest counter-terrorism swoop, which police said had disrupted a plot for a 'catastrophic' attack, proved the country's existing laws were sufficient. "
