Saturday, August 26, 2006

[Australia] Study fears over terror laws / The Age, 25 Aug 2006

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Nick McKenzie
"UNIVERSITIES fear academic research will be jeopardised and students forced to hand over notebooks to intelligence agencies, as authorities fighting terrorism demand greater co-operation from higher education institutions. A paper released this month by the Australian Homeland Security Research Centre urges universities to do more to identify extremist elements. [..] The paper says researchers should "be willing to share the findings of their work with government before publishing". It also advises universities to scrutinise students and employees." [Counter-terrorism]