Read what the Minister has said, and is saying, about internet filtering. They are not necessarily the same. So, what he says now may also not be true…keep up the pressure on him and the Rudd Government to ‘GET OUT OF PEOPLE’S MINDS : LEAVE THE INTERNET…
A full bench of Federal Court has ruled that ASIO must tell deported peace activist Scott Parkin why they gave him an adverse security assessment. In 2005, the Australian Government cancelled Parkin’s visa and escorted him back to the USA. Now he can fin…
The Internet’s future was the reason for a major OECD conference in Seoul in June, at which Australia’s Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, was a keynote speaker. Here, from Nigel Waters of the Australian Privacy Commission, is a rundown on the key…
Remember the American peace activist who got ASIO’s, the AFP’s and Immigration’s knickers in a knot, until they arrested him for viciously drinking a cup of coffee in Melbourne? The authorities still haven’t admitted any error – see his story as told for…
CLA has written to Foreign Minister Stephen Smith asking him to formally campaign for press freedom in two countries where Australia has contributed significant funds and resources, Afhganistan and Sri Lanka. The media is under judicial and government at…
Major challenges for the internet’s future, from security and competition to enhancing social and economic development, are the subject of the Seoul, Korea, OECD Ministerial Meeting 17-18 June 2008. Here’s the contribution by a coalition of civil libert…
I’ve not seen Bill Henson’s photographs, so I cannot express an opinion one Way or another … unlike far too many politicians from all parties. But … if we are going to protest against photographing young kids nude, shouldn’t we equally protest again…
As the Olympic torch girded the world, it proffered peace through sporting games. But in some places, relay-escorting thugs extinguished goodwill as they demonstrated some people have a lot yet to learn about the right to peaceful protest.
Part of a s…
Secrecy is the golden staph infecting government and bureaucracy throughout Australia. CLA often rails against it in whistleblowing, FOI, federal police and ASIO areas, but here’s medical proof of how bureaucratic control freaks in government are harming…
Civil Liberties Australia supports peaceful, non-violent demonstrations, by protesters on either side of the Olympic Games and Tibet issue, or by police with the difficult job of being in the middle. With the torch relay, we’re delighted that many Chine…