"This paper assesses the legislative changes contained in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2003 (Cth) and their effects, in light of the recent case of R v Ul-Haque. [This case is significant because it] illustrates the extent to which the new powers are open to abuse by ASIO officers [and the effect is that] those powers erode the fundamental legal principles of a democratic state ..." (Quoted from paper)