Volume 24 Issue 4 (2006)
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Historical Lessons on ID Technology and the Consequences of an Unchecked Trajectory
This paper traces the use of identification techniques throughout the ages and focuses on the growing importance of citizen identification by governments. The paper uses a historical approach beginning with…
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Identity Management: Is an Identity Card the Solution for Australia?
This paper explores how an identity card scheme might work in Australia by using the UK Identity Card Scheme as a model. It explores the proposal for a national UK…
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Social Impacts of Transport Surveillance
The transport sector is a natural focal point for surveillance measures to combat the threat of terrorism. It is also a complex environment that offers many examples of the social…
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The Application of Critical Social Theory to National Security Research
High‐tech solutions to national security, specifically Location‐Based Services (LBS), are attracting increased attention from citizens as they become more pervasive. The connection between LBS and national security has been made…
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Regulating Telecommunications Interception and Access in the Twenty‐first Century: Technological Evolution or Legal Revolution?
This article reviews the expansion of federal telecommunications interception powers, focusing on the watershed reforms enacted in 2006. The new statutory frameworks governing interception of ‘live’ and ‘stored communications’ are…
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Australia’s Anti‐Terrorism Legislation: The National Security State and the Community Legal Sector
This paper considers the implications for the community legal sector of the Australian Government’s recent national security and anti‐terrorism legislation. Critics of the legislation have deep concerns that, by giving…
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Conceptualisation of Terrorism in Modelling Tools: Critical Reflexive Approach
This paper outlines a critical reflexive approach to an assessment of modelling/simulation tools. The concepts of terrorism and terrorism threat in modelling literature are analysed and compared with the contesting…