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Category: Freedom of Information

Politicians turn law into an ‘ass’

8 March 2015 19 March 2015

What type of society do we really live in? Lawyer Louis Coutts examines how the rule of law has been pretzeled to the detriment of justice by Australian governments. 8 March 2015

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You should care about Creeper Laws

7 March 2015 7 March 2015

Most new laws wash by people, unconcerned. But proposed data retention laws will gobble up your private life and expose it to the government. Be warned, Eva Cripps says. 7 March 2015

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Govt tries to repress journalists

22 January 2015 22 January 2015

Using secret police probes in a witch-hunt against journalists who reveal refugee processing abuses shows the government doesn’t believe in a free press, and doesn’t want informed citizens. 22 Jan 2015

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Is it a duty to encrypt your data?

21 January 2015 21 January 2015

Proposed mass data retention is so over-the-top repressive, here and in the UK, that some citizens have a positive duty to protect their sources, writes Crikey’s Bernard Keane. 21 Jan 2015

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What kind of ABC do we want?

3 December 2014 3 December 2014

So far the debate has been mostly about funding, Don Aitkin says. But it’s equally important for Australians to decide exactly what type of ABC we want. 3 Dec 2014

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Terror laws: some good, some unneeded

6 November 2014 3 November 2014

Delivering the Lionel Murphy memorial lecture for 2014, Prof George Williams gave this excellent rundown of the status of Australia’s terror laws. MPs, please take note. 6 Nov 2014

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The TPP: what’s wrong with it?

22 October 2014 22 October 2014

As partner countries gathered in Canberra to hold more secret negotiations over the TPP, speakers at a protest outside Parliament House pointed out what is wrong with it. 22 Oct 2014

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I could go to jail for this next month

26 August 2014 26 August 2014

ASIO is in the subterfuge game. That’s why they’re saying harsh anti-privacy laws are targeting jihadists. But that’s not the reason the laws were written. 26 Aug 2014

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Data retention strips away your privacy

26 July 2014 26 July 2014

PISA (police, intelligence and security agencies) want to know everything about your data and you: Bernard Keane explains why that’s not such a reasonable idea. 26 July 2014

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Nobody is watching the watchers

11 June 2014 11 June 2014

Australia’s securitazi are supposedly oversighted by independent agencies and MPs, but in reality nobody closely supervises the shadowy out-of-sight and -mind faceless and nameless operatives. 11 June 2014

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