Promoting And Protecting Digital Rights Since 1994
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EFA Slams Trump-Style AI Deregulation Agenda
Melbourne, Australia, 06/08/2025 – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), a leading not-for-profit organisation advocating for digital rights, expresses deep concern over the interim report issued by the Productivity Commission into Harnessing Data Digital Technology. The Productivity Commission has taken a page out of the USA’s President Donald Trump’s authoritarian, techno-colonial AI playbook by warning the federal government against making new laws that would stifle the development of Artificial Intelligence. John Pane,…
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#roboNDIS, Data Privacy and Security Failures: Statement of Concern
EFA is concerned about NDIS data privacy and security failures, and calls for action to fix critical NDIS systems in Australia.
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2025 Federal Election Scorecard: Where Parties Stand on Digital Rights
We’ve made a tech policy and digital rights scorecard to give you all the info you need before voting. Want to know how Australia’s three major parties stack up on privacy, digital rights, social media, and surveillance this election?
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Hands Off Protests 2025: Stories From Across the Divide
On April 5, 2025, Theodora Skeadas attended one of many Hands Off demonstrations taking place across the United States, in protest against the Trump Administration’s attack on social welfare, critical healthcare programs, diversity and trans rights, worker’s rights, and data privacy. Theodora shared her story with Electronic Frontiers Australia for Stories From Across The Divide. EFA is sharing stories from across the divide—whether that divide is between rural and urban communities,…
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EFA’s Response to 2025-2026 Federal Budget
It’s budget time again. While the government deals with ubiquitous cost of living pressures we have had a quick look to see what the budget holds for digital rights in 2025. And with an election likely to be called any day now, we plan on bringing digital rights issues to the government’s attention. Here is what we found: 1. The OAIC has been handed an extra $8.7 million to support enforcement…
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EFA Calls for Urgent Legislative Action on AI Safety Amidst Global Deregulation Trends
Melbourne, Australia – Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), a leading not-for-profit organisation advocating for digital rights, expresses deep concern over the Australian Government’s decision to pause its plans for mandatory AI regulatory guardrails. This decision, influenced by emerging international trends of AI deregulation, poses significant risks to the safety, privacy, and rights of Australians. The recent developments, as reported by Innovation Aus, highlight the federal government’s hesitation to finalise its AI…
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What We Do
Policy
We actively monitor a number of policy areas and specific issues. The topics below provide a detailed view of EFA’s policy positions.
Copyright
Australia’s copyright laws are outdated, inflexible and not fit for the digital age. As such, EFA is a long-standing supporter of reform of Australia’s Copyright Act.
Privacy & Security
Privacy is fundamentally about consent and control over access to information, and goes hand-in-hand with security. Privacy is a human right.
Censorship
Adults should be able to make their own informed decisions about what content they create and consume.
Encryption
Access to encryption technologies is vital for individuals and groups to be able to safeguard the security and privacy of their information.
Internet Safety
Surveillance is not safety. Safety for whom, against what? This complex problem is more likely to be exacerbated, rather than solved, by measures that allow for unaccountable surveillance and the undermining of communications security.
Surveillance
EFA is committed to ensuring that Australian’s home life is not subject to arbitrary interference.