Greens

Prime Minister John Key’s reaction to the boatload of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka lacks compassion, Green Party immigration spokesperson Keith Locke said today.

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

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

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

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

KEITH LOCKE (Green): One of the problems we have with discussing this legislation—whether it

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?

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The major reason the Greens are not supporting this bill is that we do n

The Security Intelligence Service (SIS) Amendment Bill contains insufficient mechanisms to control the misuse of the extensive surveillance powers it bestows on the SIS, Green Party security services spokesperson Keith Locke said today.