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Universities, and students in particular, are often the conscience of society

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Green Party disagrees very strongly with the previous speakers on th

National and Labour are using the fact that there was not a lot of debate about this provision when the Policing Act went through in 2008—in fact, there was no debate about this provision—to say that somehow the intention of the legislation is the way they want it: that particulars could be kept by the police of basically the whole range of people involved in youth offending who have come before the Youth Court.

refugees starting a new life in New Zealand are highly motivated to achieve and to have their kids achieve

That lack of knowledge of the upsides and downsides of SIS work is a major problem

The use of the word “intelligence” is not particularly appropriate to the service

Where are the enemies, where are the terrorists, where are the really bad people that we need to give these extensive powers to the SIS?

There are no real accountability mechanisms to either Parliament or the people

The granting to an agency of a power to take a copy of what is on a person’s hard drive is a power that should not be given lightly