Posted on 03/04/2009 12:46:45 PM PST by BGHater
NEW South Wales Police are to be given covert search warrants, allowing them to search a property without informing the owners for up to three years.
The warrants will be issued through the Supreme Court and limited to investigations of suspected serious offences punishable by at least seven years jail.
These offences include the manufacture of drugs, computer crimes, the sale of firearms, homicide and kidnapping.
Premier Nathan Rees said NSW would be the first jurisdiction in Australia to adopt the covert search warrants, and would be borrowing from Commonwealth anti-terrorism legislation.
"If you are a serious criminal in NSW you should not sleep easy," Mr Rees said.
"These laws will enable our police force to inspect your home without you knowing."
The new powers will allow for the owners of the covertly searched property to be kept in the dark for up to six months.
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“computer crimes”
Like blogging “hate speech”?
“...NEW South Wales Police are to be given covert search warrants, allowing them to search a property without informing the owners for up to three years....”
Boy oh boy, will they be in for a surprise when they go into my 17 year old’s room...they’ll disappear into the abyss like everything else.
They can search as long as they clean up and leave a few cookies on the table...
The Aussi’s already have plans to like China, block acccess to any Interner site the government deems offensive and now can search your home for computer crimes. Thank God for our Bill of Rights though I don’t know how much longer we in the US will continue to enjoy such rights.
How misleading...I though Secret Powers was like Xray vision, invisibility, or tossing flames.
“If anyone comes into your house when you aren’t there”
Reminds me of China. My family and I lived in China for two years as corporate expatriates. When we would go on holiday or home leave we would would set up items so that we would be able to notice if our house and belongings were searched while we were away. And, indeed they were. Being that we did not really have anything of interest nothing ever came of it though....
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