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Category: <span>Your Rights</span>

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CLA demands people own their personal data

12 January 2007 12 January 2007

Each individual must own their personal data on the national ‘Access Card’, CLA says in it January 2007 submissionto the Office of the Access Card, or the system is biased towards Government rather than the Australians. Read how CLA suggests fixing the d…

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Don’t discriminate against young people

10 January 2007 10 January 2007

Muddle-headed thinking about cutting the rights of young drivers would be discriminatory, and also may lead to more deaths and injuries, CLA says. Australia needs a national approach, and the ACT is showing the way. Read main media release and media rele…

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What are civil libertarians concerned about?

6 January 2007 6 January 2007

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.

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Is ASIO out of control, CLA asks?

9 November 2006 9 November 2006

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…

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More law against hate speech? No, says CLA

27 September 2006 27 September 2006

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.

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DNA testing should be voluntary, not compulsory

27 September 2006 27 September 2006

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…

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Submission lodged on ID card proposals

27 July 2006 27 July 2006

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…

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Sedition inquiry should be extended six months

22 June 2006 22 June 2006

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…

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Ruddock should get out of people’s bedrooms

12 May 2006 12 May 2006

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
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Smartcard must have safeguards, community consultation

26 April 2006 26 April 2006

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.
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