Legal experts divided on Turnbull government's latest terrorism laws

By Stephanie Peatling
Updated July 25 2016 - 8:38pm, first published 3:56pm
Attorney-General George Brandis and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Monday. Photo: Nic Walker
Attorney-General George Brandis and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Monday. Photo: Nic Walker
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull in Sydney on Monday. Photo: Nic Walker
Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull in Sydney on Monday. Photo: Nic Walker

Legal experts are divided on the need for the Turnbull government's latest swath of terrorism legislation that would allow convicted terrorists to be kept in jail once their sentence ended if they were deemed a risk to public safety.

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