Security laws on asylum seekers, foreign fighters should be reviewed, says Law Reform Commission

By Jane Lee
Updated August 3 2015 - 8:18pm, first published 7:46pm
Attorney-General George Brandis tasked the commission with reviewing federal laws for sections that interfere with "rights, freedoms and privileges". Photo: Anthony Johnson
Attorney-General George Brandis tasked the commission with reviewing federal laws for sections that interfere with "rights, freedoms and privileges". Photo: Anthony Johnson

National security laws to boost the Abbott government's powers over returning foreign fighters and asylum seekers who arrive by boat, and the controversial section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act,  interfere with "traditional freedoms" and should be reviewed, the Australian Law Reform Commission says.

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