ADVOCACY, POLICY & NEWS
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Network security interception amendments inquiry – Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee is holding an inquiry into the newly introduced Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth). We recently sent our concerns about the exposure draft for this Bill to the Attorney-General’s department. At the time, we were worried that the proposed legislation provided…
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Left 4 Dead 2 refused classification (banned in Australia)
Valve’s highly-anticipated sequel, Left 4 Dead 2, has just been refused classification in Australia. For more information, see IGN and Kotaku. I imagine that this will go to the Classification Review Board for appeal. This highlights the continued impact of a lack of an R18+ rating for computer games in…
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FORT Australia, More Smoke, More Mirrors
I spoke last night at the Fellowship Of the Round Table forum last night at parliament house in Sydney on the forum topic “Cyberhate? Censorship on the Internet”, as did Fiona Patten from the Australian Sex Party. Jim Wallace from the Australian Christian Lobby and Angela Conway (formerly of the…
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Tuesday Forum on Internet Censorship in Sydney
EFA Board Member Geordie Guy will be taking part in a forum on Internet Censorship entitled “Cyberhate? Censorship on the Internet” at NSW Parliament House tomorrow, Tuesday the 8th September at 6pm. The event is hosted by Fellowship of the Round Table: Our next Forum will be held Tuesday September…
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ZDNet Twisted Wire interview
By Nic Suzor This week I was interviewed by Phil Dobbie for ZDNet’s Twisted Wire program. Also interviewed were Peter Coroneos from the Internet Industry Association and Adrianne Pecotic from AFACT. You can listen to the podcast (direct link (mp3)). One thing I found disturbing about this interview was AFACT’s…
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Submission to interceptions network security admendments
After a very short consultation period, the Attorney-General’s Department is soliciting comments on its exposure draft of ‘computer network protection’ amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cth). EFA’s submission addresses our key concern that the proposed legislation provides a very broad exception to the prohibition on interception…