http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4872
George Williams and Edwina MacDonald
"Control orders have no precedent in Australia. They give the government a second chance to deprive someone of their liberty even after they have been acquitted in a fair trial or had any convictions quashed on appeal. Indeed, there is a real prospect that the High Court could strike down the law as a breach of the separation of powers in our Constitution. We do need tough laws to deal with terrorism. This is why such offences are among the most serious on the statute book. They not only criminalise committing or attempting a terrorist act, but also beginning to prepare for one."
