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The Constitutionality Of The Criminal Organisation Acts In Australia: Where To Now In 2014?, Bradley J. Young
The Constitutionality Of The Criminal Organisation Acts In Australia: Where To Now In 2014?, Bradley J. Young
Bradley J Young JD PhD
Efforts to disrupt and limit criminal organisations involved in serious criminal activity as well as directly control members and their associates were introduced in Queensland with the Criminal Organisation Act 2009 (Qld). The purpose for this legislation and the debate over the head of power under which it operates has received much attention and has been again examined this year in the high court case Pompano (2013). The active and applicable laws across a number of states in Australia that can be categorised as control order legislation have proven themselves problematic and still have broader societal application beyond bikie gangs. …