Be afraid, be very afraid!. That’s how the US Government and, by extension, the Australian Government wants you to be in relation to Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Salon’s Glenn Greenwald reveals a long-running government strategy of intimidation, which…
Julian Assange has every right to operate in the long and proud tradition of American leakers and journalist/bloggers, who are honoured patriots of that country. And he has the right to expect his own Australian Government will support him, rather than…
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…
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…
The Howard administration anti-terror laws were so poorly thought-out and ill-considered, with numerous unintended side-effects that curtailed our civil liberties, that Labor pledged to review them if elected.Instead restoring our civil liberties, Labo…
The Rudd Government came to power promising to remove sedition from Australian law. Now, rising 18 months into Labor’s tenure, the sedition laws are still in place. Will PM Rudd live up to his party’s promise…and when will Australians have a legislated…
Cartoon by Nicholson
Bidding to heighten the fear of terrorism to boost his agency’s status, ASIO’s Director-General has used Weapons of Mass Destruction…just as his boss, the Attorney-General, is downplaying terrorism and signalling a radical chang…
Apathy and cynicism were real problems in Australia, brought on by the ‘downsides’ of the Haneef fiasco over intelligence in policing agences, the Attorney-General warns. He lists three areas where Australia can improve: none involves more draconian anti…
The Australian Government has introduced a Bill to allow the Federal Police to block or censor web content. The police, with limited oversight by courts, would decide what Australian’s can read, see or hear on the net. CLA believ consensus approach to ac…
Photo: Amanda Alford, CLA CEO Bill Rowlings and professonal supervisor Ernst Willheim discuss progress during the internship.Photo by Kris Klugman
In five years since 11 Sept 01, Australia has spent $10.4 billion on security, and Parliament has passed 5…