Bikie laws a threat to rights, says Cowdery
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THE Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery, QC, has condemned the Government's new bikie laws as "very troubling legislation" that could lead to a police state and represent "another giant leap backwards for human rights and the separation of powers - in short, the rule of law".
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In a paper published on his website, Mr Cowdery says: "There may be a need for better enforcement [rather] than for legal powers."
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"The spectre of a police state lurks here: an unacceptable slide from the separation of powers
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Gosh! Who would have thought! Now where else did I read something like that?
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