SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1926, Page 7

SAFETY IN AUSTRALIA.

CRIMES ACT AMENDMENT. RESULTS OF EXPERIENCE. MELBOURNE, January 28. In the House of Representatives, Mr. j-T- G, Latham, Attorney-General, introjdneed the Crimes Act Amendment Bill. t This, ho said, was brought in to fulfil the clear and definite mandate of the people. The Minister said that as th« Labour party was a party of law and order he relied on the unanimous support of the House in the maintenance "of law and order. The bill provides for deportation I penalties in certain cases along similar I lines to those provided in the fmmigraItion Act. It declares that anybody of persons who advocate or encourage the overthrow of the Constitution by revolution or sabotage or the overthrow by force of the established government of ithe Commonwealth or State, or any orIganised Government, or the destruction !or injury of any Commonwealth p- rni perty or property used in commerce with j other countries or States, shall be deemed ;an unlawful association. The bill also I provides a penalty of two years' imj prisonment for any person who, by I sppech or writing, encourages the perpetration of any of these offeneps, and if tho offender was not born in Australia, for his deportation by order of the Attorney-General. Provision is also made for the GovernorGeneral, by proclamation, to declare that a state of serious industrial disturbance exists, and any person who, during the operation of such proclamation, participates in or encourages the I continuance of, a lock-out or strike in relation to transport trade or commerce, or to employment in any public service, is gxiiltv of an offence, and if he was not born in Australia lie will be liable to deportation by order of the AttorneyGeneral, with whom lies the sole authority to deport.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.) I