What are civil libertarians concerned about?
Read this rundown by Sydney Morning Herald columnist Richard Ackland on what concerns civil libertarians.
If you can’t get through to the SMH site, you can read it here.
Is ASIO out of control, CLA asks?
Is ASIO showing signs of being out of control? That’s the question Civil Liberties Australia poses after analysing in detail the ASIO 2005-6 annual report to Parliament. ASIO’s thinking is dangerously casual, it blames just one section of the Australian…
More law against hate speech? No, says CLA
CLA says there’s no need for new laws banning racial vilification: free speech is the best antidote to hate speech. CLA’s submission responds to an ACT Human Rights Office issues paper on racial vilification.
Read CLA’s submission here.
DNA testing should be voluntary, not compulsory
CLA says no Australians – including AFP officers – should be obliged to give up their DNA against their will. DNA testing should be voluntary, not compulsory, and it should not be used to screen applicants for jobs.
Media Release Wed 27 Sept 06
DNA t…
Submission lodged on ID card proposals
CLA has lodged its first submission to the Consumer and Privacy Taskforce on the ID card. Lodgement followed a meeting with Task Force Member John TD Wood and official Ben Battison earlier in July. The meeting clarified viewpoints on both sides, and will…
Sedition inquiry should be extended six months
CLA has today (22 June 2006) called again for the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into sedition legislation to be extended for six months. “If Attorney-General Ruddock can extend the Cole Oil-for-Food Inquiry for three months, he should extend…
Ruddock should get out of people’s bedrooms
CLA says Attorney-General Philip Ruddock should get his spying eyes out of people’s bedrooms and not interfere with new civil union laws in the ACT
Media release 30 March 2006
CLA calls on Ruddock to get out of people’s bedrooms, and let democracy wor…
Smartcard must have safeguards, community consultation
CLA welcomes the proposed smartcard, provided it’s used to help Australians with their health and not to spy on people.
Cartoon: Courtesy of Geoff Pryor, Canberra Times.
Read CLA’s media release.
Strict liability offences need re-think
CLA view that Strict liability offences need re-think
Preamble
CLA believes that issues surrounding strict and absolute liability offences are fundamentally important in creating and enforcing just and fair laws. Poorly constructed laws invoking st…
Civil Union
Attorney-General Mr Ruddock appears to have ignored the views of his own Liberal colleagues, Senator Gary Humphries and the shadow ACT attorney-general, Bill Stefaniak, in proposing to veto the ACT civil unions law.
No one in the ACT -…