Lessons for the ‘War on Terror’? 30 Years since Sydney's Hilton Hotel Bombing

Iemma Morris , ‘Remembering the Hilton Hotel Bombing’, Daily Telegraph, 13 February 2008 <www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23206442-5007146,00.html#> at 31 May 2008. At the ceremony to unveil the plaque, similar remarks were made by Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore and NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione. See ‘Sydney Remembers Hilton Bombings’, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 February 2008 <http://news.smh.com.au/national/sydney-remembers-hilton-bombings-20080213-1s0q.html> at 31 May 2008.

Ibid.

Editorial, ‘Terrorism’, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 February 1978, 6.

See Hocking Jenny , Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter Terrorism and the Threat to Democracy (2004) 116–119 and Molomby Tom , Spies, Bombs and the Path of Bliss (1986) 409–412.

For an account of the events see Hocking , above n 4, 82–85.

See Head Michael , ‘The Military Call-out Legislation — Some Legal and Constitutional Questions’ (2001) 29 Federal Law Review 1, 10–13. See also Blackshield Anthony , ‘The Siege of Bowral — The Legal Issues’ (1978) 4 Pacific Defence Reporter 6 and ‘Current Topics: Legal and Constitutional Problems of Protective Security Arrangements in Australia’ (1978) 52 Australian Law Journal 296.

See Hocking, above n 4, 86. See also Cahill Damien and Cahill Rowan , ‘Civilian Responses to Peace-time Military Occupation: The 1978 Bowral call-out and its implications for the ‘war on terrorism’’ (Paper presented at the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Conference, History Cooperative, Sydney, 30 June–2 July 2005) <www.historycooperative.org/proceedings/asslh/cahill.html> at 31 May 2008.

Alister v The Queen (1984) 154 CLR 404.

Molomby , above n 4, 365–373.

R v Anderson (1991) 53 A Crim R 421, 444.

Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 8 October 1991, 1481 (Michael Duffy, Attorney-General).

New Wales South , Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 9 December 1991, 5938 (John Hatton).

Head Michael , ‘Detention and the Anti-Terrorism Legislation’ (2005) 9 University of Western Sydney Law Review 1; Head Michael , ‘Counter Terrorism' Laws: A Threat to Political Freedom, Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights’ (2002) 26 Melbourne University Law Review 666 and Head Michael , ‘Another Threat to Democratic Rights: ASIO Detentions Cloaked in Secrecy’ (2004) 29 Alternative Law Journal 127.

Head Michael , ‘Militarisation by Stealth: Should Domestic Security be a ‘Core Business’ of the Armed Forces?’ (2007) 188 Overland 68–73; Head Michael , ‘Australia's Expanded Military Call-out Powers: Causes for Concern’ (2006) 3 University of New England Law Journal 145–150.

Thomas v Mowbray (2007) 81 ALJR 1414; [2007] HCA 33.

Ibid at [543]–[553].

Australian Communist Party v The Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1.

Lodhi v Regina [2007] NSWCCA 360.

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Haneef [2007] FCAFC 209.

Ul-Haque v The Queen [2006] NSWCCA 241.

R v Mallah [2005] NSWSC 317.

R v Thomas (2006) 163 A Crim R 567.

‘The Street Review: A Review of Interoperability Between the AFP and its National Security Partners’ (2008) <www.afp.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/71833/The_Street_Review.pdf> at 31 May 2008.

See <www.haneefcaseinquiry.gov.au/> at 31 May 2008.

For example, Marr David , ‘Haneef Inquiry Needs Real Powers’, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 March 2008 <www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/haneef-inquiry-needs-real-powers/2008/03/18/1205602381764.html> at 31 May 2008.