(As civil rights campaigner branded the plan) draconian ... The power to allow the police to detain suspects without charge for up to three months is necessary and reflects the experience of expert investigators in the field.
- Ken JonesPeople who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven`t got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
- Peter UstinovIt is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.
- Homer(The alternative philosophy is best put by the president of the Law Council of Australia, John North.) The major concern is that when a government gives power to police to stop, arrest, question and detain for long periods people not reasonably suspected of a crime we have crossed into uncharted territory, ... Nothing can justify giving up such fundamental rights.
- John NorthAre we going to go out and arrest and detain and deport 11 million people? Nobody would argue that that is what we are going to do, because we have never demonstrated the political will to do that, nor have we ever committed the requisite resources to do that.
- Alun MichaelMy thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.
- Andrew Ladd