The promise for faster broadband before the election. Was this done so that, when they introduce filters to filter out “undesirable” websites, no one will notice that the speed of internet access has been slowed significantly? – George Carrard
Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib has written a book entitled My Story: The Tale of a Terrorist Who Wasn’t (Scribe Publications $32.95).
The book, reviewed in the Weekend Australian 25/26 Oct 08 by Natalie O`Brien, tells of Habib`s ordeal. After being…
While concerns are being expressed about the plight of most Australians being adversely affected by the developing world-wide recession, the fate of 25,000 ‘out-of-sight’ citizens incarcerated in our jails should not be ‘out- of- our- minds”‘. Of special…
It comes as no surprise that Civil Liberties Australia has given the Government an “inconsistent” assessment on its human rights performance (“Rudd Labor ‘inconsistent’ on human rights: report”, Canberra Times, October 4, p8).
Last week, in its respon…
The article, “Victoria is failing its prisoners.” (The Age 3/10) deserves a response from the responsible government Minister. While people are concerned about the quality of service provided in our schools, hospitals and nursing homes the treatment of t…
Stereotyping clouds thinking over relationship violence, says CLA member Roger Anthony Smith. The Australian Government has no place funding and promoting biased campaigns that support one sex while stigmatising the other – that’s against basic human ri…
Possibly after quaffing too much of Jack Pomeroy’s Chateau Fleet Street, Patrick Jones (Letters, August 13), misses the point of recent criticism of the ACT’s Crimes (Controlled Operations) legislation.Possibly after quaffing too much of Jack Pomeroy’s C…
Your editorial ("Issues of justice in Porritt case", August 9, pg6) quotes shadow attorney-general Bill Stefaniak in criticising the sentence given to Glen Porritt, saying that sentencing in the ACT "needs to be in line with what happens i…
Your report, Haneef documents to remain secret (The Age, 29/7) reveals that the role of the Australian Federal Police – providing questionable ‘evidence’ that resulted in Dr Haneef being arrested and detained for 12 days – will never be examined in an o…
If Schapelle Corby is innocent, the Australian media have become her persecutor. So writes CLA member Roger A.Smith, probably Australia’s most experienced, hands-on observer of the Indonesian legal system, in this letter to a writer on The Australian ne…