Category: Freedom of Information
Just a leak to the left,
and a leak to the right...
Article posted on Thursday 05 August 2010
Julian Assange's Wikileaks has brought the US far right out of the woodwork again, where they have been hibernating since President Bush's days. One, Marc Thiessen, seems to be suggesting Assange should be kidnapped and renditioned by the US for revealin… more »
Students help frame debates
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
CLA works with advanced and honours students on topics of mutual interest, where the student gains credits for 'internship' programs or honours studies, and CLA benefits from excellent research papers which help to shape a current or future dilemma. See… more »
Govt shuts off open debate
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
The Gillard/Conroy connection has closed off debate on internet censorship by releasing, under FOI, an secret industry consultation document with more than 90% blacked out. The reason for the blackout: fear of "premature unnecessary debate". Read more… more »
When will Australia get a
'Your Freedom 'website?
Article posted on Wednesday 07 July 2010
There's a gale of fresh thought sweeping the UK after its recent election...and Her Majesty's Government is leading the way by launching, on 1 July 2010, a new website which asks British people for ideas on how to restore their civil liberties! When will… more »
Best safety is
freedom to choose
Article posted on Friday 25 June 2010
Cyber-safety comes down to trusting parents to choose for themselves how much educating and monitoring is right for individual children in relation to web browsing (and bullying and other youth concerns), CLA says. The Australian Government's role is to… more »
Filter could cost Australia business
Article posted on Wednesday 10 March 2010
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's internet filter will be bad for Australia because it imposes censorship. But there could also be technical, commercial and cultural reasons - not yet examined - why the proposed filter might limit opportunities an… more »
CLA calls on Tassie to abandon
laws curtailing election comment
Article posted on Friday 19 February 2010
Tasmania still has anti-freedom-to-blog laws that South Australia this month canned before the 20 March 2010 elections expected in both states. In Tassie, you can be fined $12,000 AND sent to jail for three months for not putting your name and address a… more »
Purchasing lore: Govt buys badly
Article posted on Wednesday 17 February 2010
Ideological but illogical, inefficient and expensive...words that sum up how the Australian Government buys in its legal expertise, Ernst Willheim says in analysing the recently-released Legal Services Procurement Report. The report has some excellent re… more »
Senator Lundy backs 'opt out' choice
Article posted on Wednesday 17 February 2010
Senator Kate Lundy (ALP, ACT), the most enlightened backbencher in federal parliament on IT matters, proposes 'opt out' options for all internet subscribers. Now, if only her party - particularly Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy - would li… more »
ALRC tells government
how to do
Commissions
on the cheap
Article posted on Sunday 07 February 2010
Australia looks likely to get a new form of major investigation - the Official Inquiry - as a second tier to the existing Royal Commission system, after the Australian Law Reform Commission table its report No 111, 'Making Inquiries'. The ALRC has ma… more »
SA's 'stand-out' AG strikes again
Article posted on Tuesday 02 February 2010
Michael Atkinson, the South Australian Attorney General noted for quaint ways, is at it again: a new law means you must attach your name/details to any letter or blog comment once the March 2010 SA election is formally called, which is expected imminentl… more »
Clinton urges global internet freedom
Article posted on Friday 22 January 2010
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton linked the five freedoms of the US Constitution's First Amendment to the need for unfettered global internet access. "The freedom to connect is like the freedom of assembly, only in cyberspace," she said, directly co… more »
Could Google decide to cut off Oz?
Article posted on Wednesday 13 January 2010
What if the world's new superpowers - search engines and social websites - decided Australia was no longer worthy of service, and cut us off from the planet? Google is dangling that threat over China. Will Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's interne… more »
They censor websites... In Israel, they censor websites.
Article posted on Friday 18 December 2009
At Ben-Gurion Airport, they prevent us from seeing human rights organisations, such as: Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, Peace Now, Michigan Peace Team; they also block "advocacy" groups like: ICAHD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions), Refuser Solidarit… more »
FOI, open access rules need reversing
Article posted on Wednesday 16 December 2009
Information within government is the people's information. The starting point for access rights and openness must be that the people are entitled to see and hear everything, with very limited exclusions. Currently, the reverse is true, certainly in WA, s… more »
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