Australia: New bill aims to allow foreign troops and foreign police to be used in ‘emergencies’
This is now an Act, passed in December, 2020. Reference to this has all but been scrubbed from the Internet FacebookWhatsApp MessengerTelegramTwitterRedditEmaPrin Photo: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay Green Left, 6 October, 2020 The federal government has introduced a new bill which, if passed, would help normalise the use of defence forces in a civilian context. Specifically, the Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force response to Emergencies) Bill, 2020 would give the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Reserves and foreign defence forces immunity from civil or…
