Our analysis showed the average policy took 18 minutes to read and required a university-level reading ability. ... And Over To YouIn last week’s Australia Letter (Australia: Relaxed, Sunny and Secretive?) we asked you whether the federal police went too far in seizing records and documents from journalists. Under the guise of ‘national security’ the government has either been granted or taken power far beyond what is reasonable and necessary. At least the warrants on which such raids are legally based should be scrutinised, approved and issued by a judge of a superior court, in this case the Federal Court of Australia.

Source: New York Times June 14, 2019 00:44 UTC