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Podcast: Radioactive Show
Episode: Expanding military powers at home
Description: The Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020 has had little media coverage despite concerns the bill will erode human rights and vastly expand government powers to use the military domestically. Activist and Lawyer Kellie Trantor has been an outspoken critic of the proposed legislation - she says “This bill fails to properly define ‘other emergencies’, delegates too much responsibility for the call out to a single minister, permits foreign armies and police forces to be called in, does not restrict the use of force for defence forces and extends an unreasonable level of immunity for the def...