Attorney-General George Brandis backflips on ASIO torture ban

By Heath Aston
Updated September 23 2014 - 1:08pm, first published 12:15am
Attorney-General George Brandis has included language into the new anti-terrorism bill to explicitly ban the use of torture against terror suspects. Photo: Andrew Meares
Attorney-General George Brandis has included language into the new anti-terrorism bill to explicitly ban the use of torture against terror suspects. Photo: Andrew Meares

The federal government has backtracked on key elements of its new anti-terrorism laws and agreed to include specific protections against spies using torture against detained suspects.