Security bill
Sir, — The Government has decided to rush the S.I.S. Amendment Bill through Parliament and refused to allow any public debate or submissions. The answer to why there is the undue haste will be found after a study of the bill, which is undemocratic. While average people may now think it cannot apply to them, as they are loyal New Zealanders, the powers proviued in the bill are so wide that they could quite easily find themselves under surveillance. In reality the ultimate power and use of the provisions of the bill are vested in the Prime Minister; this is far too dangerous to allow. The provisions of the bill legalise criminal actions by the Security Intelligence Service without any redress being available to innocent parties. This is far more dangerous to New Zealand than any subversive activist. The bill should be dropped now. — Yours, etc, L. G. MOREL. September 29, 1977.
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