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STRATEGI PEMERINTAHAN JOHN HOWARD DALAM PELOLOSANUNDANG-UNDANG ANTI-TERORISME 2005
Within the London Bomb incident in 2005, Government of Australia
increased its attention toward domestic terorrism issues. Based on this concern, John
Howard administration wanted a preventive law which capable to tackle that problem
by issuing Anti-Terorrism Bill 2005. But it must be noticed that few of its provisions
of the law was considered by the society to have to the potential to break already
existing law and also breach to the principles of civil freedoms. In order to get the
law through the legislative process, the government used contending strategy. They
gave persuasive arguments to alter the stance of the oppositions and delivering
deadline on the reading process. When the oppositions, dominated by the Labour
Party was expected by the society to be able to amend the substances of the
provisions to minimalize the aftermath ot the law, Labours in fact gave its support to
the governments stance. Alas, the law passed through along with its aberrant
provisions. This paper shows the implementation of contending strategy used by
John Howard administratio