Category: Freedom of Speech
Reform committee needs more time,
resources and publicity, CLA says
Article posted on Monday 23 August 2010
The processes of an almost 'secret' Senate Select Committee on Reform of the Australian Federation (SCRAF) should re-start completely, CLA says. SCRAF's inquiry was totally swamped by the August 2010 federal election: the questions asked of the committee… more »
ELECTION 2010:
Where parties stand on liberties
Article posted on Thursday 19 August 2010
CLA asked 10 questions of parties (and some independents) standing for the 2010 federal election. Here are the replies of those who took the trouble to respond.Cartoon: thanks to Inkcinct, John Ditchburn - click to enlarge.Read more »... more »
Victoria adopts automatic enrolment
Article posted on Monday 09 August 2010
The Victorian Legislative Council has passed the Electoral Amendment (Electoral Participation) Bill 2010, which introduces automatic electoral enrolment for all school students on their eighteenth birthdays, and allows election-day enrolment for everyone… more »
Coalition rejects mandatory filter
Article posted on Friday 06 August 2010
The Coalition will not introduce a mandatory internet filter if it wins the 21 August election, nor will it support Labor if Labor tries to introduce the filter, according to Liberal spokespeople. Read more»... more »
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 »
What's wrong with bikie laws?
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
What's wrong with the bikie legislation in NSW, SA and other states? In this interview, CLA Director and Media Spokesperson, Tim Vines, explains to the Atticus program on 2SER radio why bikie legislation is a danger to any form of social protest. Liste… more »
Is Australia's fight for freedom only overseas?
Article posted on Friday 09 July 2010
'Lateline' is on the TV, and its part 1 of a two-part program regarding Mentoring Team Alpha in Afghanistan...and I think of the Australian men killed in Afghanistan since 2001. I reflect on my five years in Iraq and the men killed there. I think of t… more »
Building body more powerful
than the confession cubicle
Article posted on Wednesday 07 July 2010
The commission controlling the building industry has dictatorial powers out of place in a democracy, Prof George Williams says. A re-elected Gillard Government should legislate immediately to restore civil liberties and individual freedoms to constructio… 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 »
Govt may spy on your browsing
Article posted on Saturday 12 June 2010
Internet Service Providers may soon have to retain subscriber's private web browsing history for the government to secretly examine, according to news reports. Industry insiders and bloggers are up in arms. Read Article »... more »
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?
Article posted on Saturday 12 June 2010
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?What does CLA think of the SA legislation - the 'bikie laws' - now being considered, on appeal, by the High Court. Does the Act breach an individual's human rights, we were asked by a student?Dear Ms XXXXX,Serio… more »
Filter idea flawed by censor law
Article posted on Tuesday 25 May 2010
The government's own censorship laws will prevent Senator Conroy's proposed internet filtering method of using the 'refused application' classification process, Prof George Williams writes. "Unworkable and unsuitable" is how he describes the current proposal, in legal terms. … more »
The government plays (video) games
Article posted on Tuesday 25 May 2010
CLA is often asked - by students doing essays for their legal or justice studies at high school - for comment on issues. Here CLA member Arved von Brasch answer some questions on the R18+ issue...the lack of an adult classification for video games in Australia. … more »
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