For this year’s Australian Privacy Week (18-24 Aug 08), the Government of Victoria has produced some simply-understood advice about how to look after your online identity, or ‘tattoo’. See ‘Don’t Regret Your Digital Tattoo’, and ‘Privacy and Security Ti…
Proposed new Sexual and Violent Offences law will not work, and will cause a procedural breakdown in the courts, says experienced barrister Ken Archer. Two other barristers are also highly critical, while Canberra Times Editor-at-Large Jack Waterford say…
Proposed new Sexual and Violent Offences law will not work, will cause a procedural breakdown in the courts, and will embarass the ACT Government, says experienced barrister Ken Archer. He contends the proposed legislation is rushed, biased and plain bad…
The freedom to protest and rights to free speech are being strangled in Australia. CLA has long argued for enforcing the supposed right to protest free of interference in a designated area at Parliament House in Canberra. Now comes reports from South Aus…
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…
Analysing the need for new privacy laws requires 2700 pages in three volumes, according to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Report 108, ‘For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice’. It will take months to dissect such a dense offerin…
What are your rights – and the rights of ASIO and police – under Australia’s draconian anti-terror laws? This excellent publication, produced by the Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network, was released in its 3rd edition in July 2008. It explain…
South Australia is about to take Australian personal freedoms backwards by a law making it a crime to get together with your mates, and declaring you guilty by association without doing anything wrong. Liz Murray explains how dangerous such laws are. Ant…
The future directions for laws and legal matters in Australia is determined in three meetings a year of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG), which also includes New Zealand.
The July 2008 meeting covered a range of important matters, incl…
The Admininstrative Appeals Tribunal in the ACT has ruled that American defence contractors can break Canberra law, and discriminate against employees. The extraordinary ruling means US foreign policy and rules trump Australia’s own laws. CLA’s media rel…