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Peter Dutton on balancing interests in Home Affairs
The recently-created Home Affairs department, headed by Peter Dutton, is a behemoth that its critics fear will compromise civil liberties.
But Dutton argues there should be no basis for such concerns. “There are no greater laws or arrest powers that have been introduced or a lessening of protections that have been provided for under this new arrangement,” he tells The Conversation.
On the growing area of cybersecurity, Dutton says there is a need to “get the balance right” between protection and privacy.
In an interview that canvasses the immigration debate sparked by Tony Abbott and the…
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