[The alternative philosophy is best put by the president of the Law Council of Australia, John North.] The major concern is that when a government gives power to police to stop, arrest, question and detain for long periods people not reasonably suspected of a crime we have crossed into uncharted territory, ... Nothing can justify giving up such fundamental rights. |
I can't sleep at night, |
I went to a game and saw right away that this was where I was supposed to be, |
I wouldn't be here if they weren't. |
In our constitutional system the separation of powers is paramount -- the judiciary must remain independent of the executive. Federal courts can only be asked to exercise judicial functions. |
In that mindset, it never occurred us it would not be a success, ... The historic value is so great, and also our mission was so clear, we never thought about it not working. We just assumed people would embrace us. |
It's very small. They're just starting to report a few other than in the Willamette. |
The bottom line is we're going to remain in town. We realized many, many people in this community loved what we had tried to do. |
The catch rate is proportional to the run size. |
The effort was low and spread out and a lot of them didn't fish that long with so few fish around. |
The higher than expected catch rates combined with a run size that appears to be about 20 percent smaller than forecast have brought us to this point. |
There's either credible intelligence or there isn't, |
Wait until these laws are abused or misused and then the people of Australia will turn on them for bringing in, in peace-time, laws that allow Australians to be locked up without charge. |
We can't lock everybody up forever or we will just turn back to the sort of society that founded Australia in the first place, with transportation and ridiculous sentences for minor crimes. |
We must keep a sense of proportion in our criminal justice system, |