This paper outlines proposed legislative reforms to Australia's counter-terrorism and national security legislation.

It contains amendments that respond to the following reviews of Australia’s counter-terrorism and national security legislation:

• Inquiry by the Hon John Clarke QC into the case of Dr Mohamed Haneef (November 2008);

• Inquiry into the proscription of ‘terrorist organisations’ under the Australian Criminal Code by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (September 2007);

• Review of Security and Counter-Terrorism Legislation by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (December 2006); and

• Review of Sedition Laws in Australia by the Australian Law Reform Commission (July 2006).

Nicola McGarrity from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of NSW, responds to the paper in this article for The Age >