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The Australian National Security State And The Third Sector: Who Is Really Protecting Australia's National Security?, Mark Rix
Mark Rix
This paper will consider the implications of the Australian Government’s recent national security and anti-terrorism legislation for its relations with Australian citizens and with third sector organisations, like those comprising the community legal sector, that seek to promote and defend citizens’ civil, political and social rights. The series of bills enacted by the Australian Parliament since September 11 2001, the culmination of which has been the Anti-Terrorism (No. 2) 2005 Bill, removes many of the freedoms and rights that Australians have for many years been able to take for granted. The 2005 Bill’s detention and control orders, for example, degrade …
Performance Contracts, Corporate Governance And The Third Sector: The Case Of The Nsw Community Legal Sector, Mark Rix
Mark Rix
This paper will investigate the effects of performance contracts on the governance of third sector organisations to which governments have outsourced responsibility for delivery of important human and welfare services. As governments have retreated from direct delivery of such services under the impetus of the New Public Management (NPM) reform agenda, they increasingly have had to rely on third sector organisations to play the role of service providers. From a public administration point of view, dominance of the purchaser/provider funding and regulatory model has been one of the most significant results. Under this model, performance contracts or so-called ‘service agreements’ …
Australia And The 'War Against Terrorism': Terrorism, National Security And Human Rights, Mark Rix
Australia And The 'War Against Terrorism': Terrorism, National Security And Human Rights, Mark Rix
Mark Rix
This paper considers whether in the ‘war against terrorism’ national security is eroded or strengthened by weakening or removing the human rights of the individuals who constitute the polity. It starts with the view that national security is, at its most fundamental, founded upon the security and liberty of the person from criminal and violent acts, including terrorist attacks. Such attacks, and the individuals and groups who perpetrate them, constitute a grave threat to the peace and security of nations the world over and thus endanger the security and liberty of the individuals who make up their populations. Governments are …
With Reckless Abandon: Haneef And Ul-Haque In Australia's 'War On Terror', Mark Rix
With Reckless Abandon: Haneef And Ul-Haque In Australia's 'War On Terror', Mark Rix
Mark Rix
This brief paper considers the political and social implications of the manner in which Australia has prosecuted the so-called ‘war on terror’. It does this by investigating relevant aspects of Australia’s anti-terrorism legislation and the performance of Australian security and law enforcement agencies, namely, the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Focusing on the Haneef and Ul-Haque cases, the paper will consider how the political climate created by the former Federal Government’s legislative approach to the war on terror has influenced the performance of these organisations. By focusing on these two cases, the paper …