Government tinkers with sedition law
Australian Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland has introduced a range of amendments to counter-terrorism laws, including one that renames the offence of sedition.
The changes also include giving police new powers to enter a place without a warrant if there is material that is a risk to public safety.
Mr McClelland says it is already an offence to urge force or violence against a group on the basis of race, religion, nationality or political opinion, if those actions would threaten national peace.
"The offence will also be expanded so that it applies to the urging of force or violence against an individual, not just a group," he said.
"It covers the urging of force or violence even where the use of the force or violence does not threaten the peace, order and good government of the Commonwealth," he said.
[Despite the new laws specifying that they no longer target threats to the Commonwealth, he said the changes help ensure the right balance in national security.]
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